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On Thu, 11 May 2000, Michael Edmiston wrote:
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> I believe weight is defined as the gravitational force the earth exerts
on a
> body, and if that is true, the question is okay and B is the correct
answer.
>
> Now, the question is this... is that what the exam writers wanted to find
> out? Were they trying to see if the students could make this distinction?
> It appears to me thy might indeed be after exactly that.
I think you might be right. If they really wanted to know if the students
understand the *third law*, they could have written a far less ambiguous
question.