ParthKohli Group Title If my weight is $$50$$ kilograms, does that mean that my mass is $$5$$ kilograms? one year ago one year ago

1. ParthKohli Group Title

$\mathsf{W = mg}$So, $$\mathsf{50 = 5 \times 10 }$$

2. ParthKohli Group Title

I have normally seen in questions that they assume a person's mass to be $$60$$ kg. So would their weight be $$600$$ kg? Impossibru!

3. .Sam. Group Title

You should say weight is 50 newtons, and it also depends on the gravity, whether you're on earth or mars etc.

4. ParthKohli Group Title

I'm assuming it to be on Earth.

5. .Sam. Group Title

weight is in newtons, they should've written it 600 N, not 600 kg, lol

6. ParthKohli Group Title

So my weight is $$50 ~ \rm kg ~ ms^{-2}$$, correct?

7. .Sam. Group Title

8. ParthKohli Group Title

Approximately, yeah.

9. rutvi Group Title

when u say ur weight is 50kgm/s u mean to say that ur mass is 5 kgs....nd i don think u mean u to say that when u stand on a weighing machine the scale show 5 kg!!

10. .Sam. Group Title

@rutvi There's a misconception on the word "weight" used in our daily lives and "weight" in physics. In physics weight is in newtons and in normal situation we use weight as in kilograms, rather than saying mass.

11. rutvi Group Title

@sam i very well know the difference between weight nd mass in physics nd day to day life also...thats y i m telling that 50kgm/s is a very absurd weight of a grown person

12. .Sam. Group Title

Yes and its kg m/s^2 :D