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Re: What is weight? (was Re: Internal or external?)



Regarding:

... The tub is placed in an elevator that may be accelerated and is at a
location where g is approximately 10 N/kg to simplify calculations. ...

One more thing. It really makes no sense to speak of *the* value of g at
some location. At *any* location, g can take on *any* value depending
only upon the chosen reference frame.

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm