Sep 28, 2008 · I've been looking around and some places tell me pounds is a english unit of weight and other tell me it's a unit of mass i.e lbf and lbm. I thought it was a unit of weight but …

Feb 27, 2007 · Are you asking if there is a difference between mass and weight? If so, then yes; your weight is a force, and depends on the gravitational field in which you are being weighed, …

May 4, 2021 · Weight is defined as a force in physics but for purposes of commerce and in medicine the word weight refers to what a physicist calls mass. These things are decided by …

Nov 2, 2010 · Something that relies upon inertia or gravitational influence would measure mass. I agree with K^2 and Pb23me that a balance beam would more properly be considered a mass …

Oct 24, 2010 · The lab that we did measured mass vs. weight. We took eight objects and found that mass using the triple beam balance (units in Kg) and the found the weight using a spring …

Feb 9, 2010 · Weight and mass are two different things, because weight is an example of a force, and force and mass are two totally different things. To elaborate: the weight of an object in a …

Sep 23, 2012 · The idea of using weight is that it's what a scale reads. Even though mass is invariant under spatial changes and weight is specific to the gravitational field it's being …

Jun 28, 2024 · Homework Statement A large rock falls on your toe. Which of the concepts is most important in determining how much it hurts? (A) The mass of the rock. (B) The weight of the …

Aug 21, 2011 · B. You can compare the weight force on one pan of a 'balance' with the weight force of a known (calibrated) mass. You are still using the weight force but, because there is …

Sep 15, 2009 · Yes the slope has units! Slope = rise/run Since you are plotting force against mass, the rise in the graph is the change in force while the run is the change in mass. …