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How you measure your mass (what you foolishly consider to be your weight) is that you measure how hard the earth's gravity is pulling on you. 'Pulling' is a force and is measured in Newtons. There is a very simple mathematical relationship between mass and weight so the simple machine used to measure weight as often calibrated in mass units instead. To measure your mass directly would involved far more complicated equipment and considerable discomfort to the person being weighed. So most practical people prefer to use the weight method.
no it is measured in grams
actually this person IS wrong. its measured in newtons as i go to oxford university so this person is totally pathetic
The question is why not what unit it is measured in. Why is the measurement newtons and not something else?
come on people give me somthing to work with here i have science homework to do gosh...... can someone accualy answer the question plz
Weight is measured in Newtons because:
- weight is a matter of force being the product of your mass and the gravitational field of the earth.
- A Newton is called a Newton in honour of Sir Isaac newton who accurately integrated much of the laws around the relationships between mass force and gravitational fields. He wasn't actually the first to discover these relationships but he did the best job of putting them all together.
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∙ 9y agoWeight is the measure of the force with which the Earth's gravity is pulling an object to its center. Since it is a measure of force, it is often expressed in Newtons.
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Weight is measured using?
Weight assuming your talking about the force pulling us to the ground is measured in newtons. To find out the amount of newtons an object has you measure its mass(kilograms,grams etc.) and multiply its mass by 10. Example if a book had a mass of 1kg its weight is 10N.
Gravitational force is measured in?
It's a force, so newtons, N.
How do you calculate weight in newtons?
Weight in newtons equals mass in kg times gravity (which is 9.8 meters per second squared on earth) or W=m(9.8m/s/s)
What are Pushes and pulls are measured in?
It is measured in Newtons (N)
What is effort measured in?
Newtons
SI measure of force and weight?
Force is measured in Newtons. Weight is a force, therefore it is also measured in Newtons.Force is measured in Newtons. Weight is a force, therefore it is also measured in Newtons.Force is measured in Newtons. Weight is a force, therefore it is also measured in Newtons.Force is measured in Newtons. Weight is a force, therefore it is also measured in Newtons.
What Weight is usually measured in what?
Newtons
Is mass and weight mesured in kg?
No. Mass is measured in kilograms. Weight is measured in Newtons.
What are weight and mass measured in?
Weight in Newtons Mass in kilograms
Matric unit for weight?
Since the weight is a force, it is measured in newtons.
What is the force of gravity pulling on your mass measured in newtons?
weight
In the metric system weight is a?
Weight is a derived unit, measured in Newtons.
Weight in scientific notation?
mass*acceleration due to gravity.
Weight is measured in units called?
Weight is measured in units called newtons , while mass is measured in units called grams and kilograms.
What is your weight in kilograms if im 110 pounds?
49.9 kg [Just as an aside: Weight is actually measured in Newtons. So if you really meant weight: 499 Newtons ]
How many kg does a discovery 3 weigh?
None. A discovery 3 has a mass that can be measured in kilograms, or a weight that can be measured in Newtons, but not a weight that is measured in kilograms: a kilogram is not a unit for measuring weight.
Is weight measured in pounds or newtons?
'Weight' is a force, and can be described with any unit of force. 'Newton' is the unit of force in the SI system. 'Kilogram' is a unit of mass, not force. The weight of an amount of mass is always the same as long as it stays on the same planet. But when that same mass leaves the Earth and goes to other places, then its weight changes. Since all of human history so far has taken place on the Earth, a lot of people have gotten used to describing weights in terms the mass that has that weight on Earth. According to that habit, 'one kilogram' is the same as 9.8 newtons of weight, or 2.205 pounds of weight. But it's not a good habit, and now that we're beginning to do things in other places away from the Earth, the folks who are in that habit are going to have trouble. They'll be shocked the first time they're someplace where 1 kilogram doesn't 'weigh 1 kilogram'.
