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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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