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While mass can be a measure of weight in day to day use (ie The box weighed 15 kg) technically it is actually a measure of how much gravitational force an object exerts. This is how the term mass is used in physics.
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Does a pan balance measure mass or weight?
does a pan balance measure weight
Does Mass divided by weight equal velocity?
NO it does notMass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object. Weight is a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object.weight = force = mass * accelerationDivide mass by weight and you get acceleration.
What metric units would be used to measure the mass of a your weight?
Mass and weight are two different things: you cannot measure the mass of your weight. That is like talking about the temperature of your height - it makes no sense.
Can it be said that mass or weight is a measure of laziness of an object?
mass
Is weight a measure of the quantity of matter?
NO, weight is a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object. Weight=mass x gravity
Why do you measure the mass of an object before measuring its volume using the displacement method?
To get the accurate weight/mass before the objects gets wet.
Is molecular weight the same as mass?
Technically... not really. It would perhaps be more accurate to use the terms formula mass and molecular mass rather than formula weight and molecular weight. This because in physical terms, weight is a force while mass is a measure of the amount of substance in something.
What do weight and mass measure?
weight and mass measures the volume
Which one is more accurate Mass or Weight?
Mass and weight are two different things. It does not make sense to ask which is more accurate. Mass is used to measure an object's ability to resist a force. f = ma, or m = f/a. Weight is used to measure an object's force applied due to gravity. Measured in newtons, f = ma, or newtons = kilograms time 9.81 meters per second squared.
Is a pound a measure of mass?
No, it is a measure of weight, there is a difference (Mass is mass, weight is the force exerted by your mass being pulled down by gravity)
What do you measure to determine the strength of gravity?
-- An easy way is to put a known mass on a bathroom scale, weigh it, and divide its weight by its mass. -- A more complicated but more accurate way, for which you don't even need a known mass, is to build a pendulum, measure its length, then measure its period.
How can you measure weight?
Weight is the term for the mass times the acceleration. To measure that, you multiply the mass times the acceleration
How can measure weight?
Weight is the term for the mass times the acceleration. To measure that, you multiply the mass times the acceleration
Weight is a measure of this force?
Weight is a measure of the action of gravity on a mass.
What is used to measure an object's weight?
To measure weight, a scale. To measure mass, a balance.
Does a pan balance measure mass or weight?
does a pan balance measure weight
Why is mass more useful than weight for measuring?
Because is mass is more accurate than weight.
