Why was the weight previously measured with scales, but now the scales are used to measure the mass
| December 3, 2020 | education
Why was the weight previously measured with scales, but now the scales are used to measure the mass and the weight is measured with a dynamometer?
Most likely, weight and mass were previously considered the same thing. But in the modern world we know that weight is a force acting on a support or suspension and it is found according to the basic formula P = mg, but also weight has many other formulas formed from this one. And the mass is m in this formula, that is, it is a certain part of the weight, this is the amount of substance that is in the body
That is, in the human body there is, for example, 50 kg of matter – the mass
A load weighing 5 newtons acts on the shelf.
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