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What really bathroom scale measure mass or weight?

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Weight. If you brought your scale to the moon and weighed yourself you would be a lot lighter on the moon than on earth. However you have the same mass in both places.

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What do you do to measure weight?

There is only one metric system. The units used for your weight would be Newtons.


What would you use to measure the weight of a watermelon?

A bathroom scale would work


How much weight does a bathroom scale handle?

It depends on the scale, but most scales accurately measure somewhere between 300 and 400 pounds. The really cheap ($10) scale will measure closer to 300 pounds accurately, while scales running around $25 will measure accurately to about 400 pounds.


How do you find the mass of a human?

-- Measure the human's weight on a bathroom scale near the earth's surface. -- Divide her weight by the acceleration of gravity.


When standing on bathroom scale are you measure in mass or density?

Scales either measure mass, or weight - but they are callibrated to show mass (for example, kilograms).


Are bathroom scales really accurate about a person s weight and if not then what can you use to measure your progress?

Bathroom scales are very accurate. The same scale will show the correct reading day after day, no matter what. There is no better way to measure progress than using a bathroom scale. If the scale reads "120" the first week and "120" the second week the weight standing on it is exactly the same both weeks. It will be correct every time it is used. Doctors scales, on the other hand are very bad because they get used so much (10 or twenty times Every day), so the doctors scale will not give the same number as your bathroom scale. Trust your scale what is says is what it is.


How could you measure the force of gravity on the mass?

You could put the mass on a bathroom scale, weigh it, and then divide its weight by the acceleration of gravity.


Do bathroom scales measure mass or force?

weight It measures the magnitude of the gravitational force that attracts you toward the center of the Earth. It's not necessary to measure the magnitude of the force that attracts the Earth toward the center of you. Not only don't you care about that one, but we know that it's exactly the same as the first one.


What is a instrument to measure the weight?

The most common ways to measure weight are: # a force meter, also called a "weight scale" or "weigh scale", where the weight being measured is used to compress a spring by a measurable amount, or # a balance, where the effect of gravity on one pan/arm is compared to an assemblage of known mass(es) on an opposing arm(s).


Can a scale measure balance?

No, it only can measure weight.


What is used to measure an object's weight?

To measure weight, a scale. To measure mass, a balance.


Can gravity be measure?

Yes, if one knows how to operate a bathroom scale.