I'm not making any attempt to confuse high-school physics students. The truth of the matter is that weight is a force. This cannot be denied.
Weight is the force exerted upon an object by another object. It is measured in Newtons and is a force. Weight is a force. Saying they are similar is like saying mozzarella is similar to a cheese. It IS a cheese and therefore the same. All cheeses may not be mozzarella, similarly all forces are not weights. But weight is a force.
If you're standing on the moon then your weight will depend on the acceleration of free fall on the moon and of course your mass again (N2L: F=ma). Yes there will be other forces acting upon you (such as the gravitational pull for other bodies such as the Earth and the Sun) but your since your weight depends on the acceleration of free fall, these forces are taken into account, despite the fact they are extremely minute.
Your statement of Newton's Second Law is exactly the same as the one I quoted, except for the fact you have rearranged the equation for some unknown purpose.
Anyone heard about the new anti-gravity apparatus they've come up with? Sounds pretty interesting but like it will be utterly useless for at least ten years, by which point they will hopefully have been able to reduce the force of gravity to a useful amount.
Why do I have to be surrounded by fricking idiots?
Force = Weight
The easiest way to demonstrate this is using Newton's Second Law: F=ma
The weight of an object is equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of free fall (due to gravity). Therefore weight IS a force and also a vector.
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Weight is the force exerted upon an object by another object. It is measured in Newtons and is a force. Weight is a force. Saying they are similar is like saying mozzarella is similar to a cheese. It IS a cheese and therefore the same. All cheeses may not be mozzarella, similarly all forces are not weights. But weight is a force.
If you're standing on the moon then your weight will depend on the acceleration of free fall on the moon and of course your mass again (N2L: F=ma). Yes there will be other forces acting upon you (such as the gravitational pull for other bodies such as the Earth and the Sun) but your since your weight depends on the acceleration of free fall, these forces are taken into account, despite the fact they are extremely minute.
Your statement of Newton's Second Law is exactly the same as the one I quoted, except for the fact you have rearranged the equation for some unknown purpose.
Anyone heard about the new anti-gravity apparatus they've come up with? Sounds pretty interesting but like it will be utterly useless for at least ten years, by which point they will hopefully have been able to reduce the force of gravity to a useful amount.
Why do I have to be surrounded by fricking idiots? Force = Weight The easiest way to demonstrate this is using Newton's Second Law: F=ma The weight of an object is equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of free fall (due to gravity). Therefore weight IS a force and also a vector.