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Re: [Phys-l] Weightless (running around in circles)


What am I missing (maybe what an ideal accelerometer reads?)

If I strap the accelerometer to me, as I sit here, I would think it would
read zero. Therefore I'm weightless?

Rick


[Original Message]
From: John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>
On Nov 22, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Jeffrey Schnick wrote:

So if I strapped an ideal accelerometer to an object, the weight of
the object would be the product of its mass and the magnitude [of]
its accelerometer reading?

Yes. That's what I'd want to say.
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