Stand on a bathroom scale and read your weight. When you lift one foot up so that
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Stand on a bathroom scale and read your weight. When you lift one foot up so that you’re standing on one foot, does the reading change? Does a scale read force or pressure?
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Conceptual Physical Science
ISBN: 978-0134060491
6th edition
Authors: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt
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