Is there a difference between mass and weight?

[needalife]

They are the same right?

 

[oznerol]

Gravity?

 

[TecHNooB]

uh oh.

 

[jagec]

This is as ridiculous an assertion as those who claim that the plane won't take off.

 

[Canai]

weight is relative to the local gravity, mass describes the total amount of stuff.

 

[So]

1 LB mass = 1 LB weight at 1g acceleration.

 

[Anubis]

http://www.hitxp.com/phy/cph/020902.htm

 

[eits]

mass x gravity = weight

 

[FoBoT]

you need to talk to Newton about this

http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_tech/node21.html

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: So
1 LB mass = 1 LB weight at 1g acceleration.

What if it was 10lbs?

 

[loup garou]

Worst post ever.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: So
1 LB mass = 1 LB weight at 1g acceleration.

What if it was 10lbs?

Well then you get the bulk discount, of course.

 

[michaelsslave]

this HAS to be a troll, unless he is like 10 years old

 

[imported_Devine]

Originally posted by: Anubis
http://www.hitxp.com/phy/cph/020902.htm

Sounds like a winnar to me, mass is always there but weight can change. You still have the same mass in space with no gravity but your weight is 0.

 

[newb111]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: So
1 LB mass = 1 LB weight at 1g acceleration.

What if it was 10lbs?

Well then you get the bulk discount, of course.

Only if it's alternator sized

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: michaelsslave
this HAS to be a troll, unless he is like 10 years old

i don't think they really teach newtons laws until high school, so he might be 14
ninth grade

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: michaelsslave
this HAS to be a troll, unless he is like 10 years old

i don't think they really teach newtons laws until high school, so he might be 14
ninth grade

generally physics isnt tought till senior year, so hell he could be 18

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: So
1 LB mass = 1 LB weight at 1g acceleration.

What if it was 10lbs?

Well then you get the bulk discount, of course.

So what that then, something like 5% off total mass ?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: michaelsslave
this HAS to be a troll, unless he is like 10 years old

i don't think they really teach newtons laws until high school, so he might be 14
ninth grade

generally physics isnt tought till senior year, so hell he could be 18

The 17th century wants its scientific discoveries back...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: So
1 LB mass = 1 LB weight at 1g acceleration.

What if it was 10lbs?

Well then you get the bulk discount, of course.

So what that then, something like 5% off total mass ?

No, no...just a discount on the weight.

 

[hdeck]

i thought everyone was taught this in like 6th grade science

 

[indamixx99]

yeah i swear i remember being taught this in jr high when you had to measure masses of certain objects with a scale

 

[waffleironhead]

Next he'll come back and ask why the hell some people use kilograms to measure weight then? When kilograms are a ref for mass!

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: michaelsslave
this HAS to be a troll, unless he is like 10 years old

i don't think they really teach newtons laws until high school, so he might be 14
ninth grade

generally physics isnt tought till senior year, so hell he could be 18

The 17th century wants its scientific discoveries back...

i dont understand this comment

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: eits
mass x gravity = weight

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"Pounds" is the U.S. Customary unit for weight. "Slugs" is mass.