Stand on a bathroom scale on a level floor, and the reading on the scale shows the

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Stand on a bathroom scale on a level floor, and the reading on the scale shows the gravitational force on you, mg. If the floor is slanted at an angle, the scale reading will be less than mg. Discuss why this is so, and why it is a good idea to measure your weight when the scale is on a horizontal surface.
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321909107

12th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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