KITCHEN SCALES

Kitchen scales, loaded with a mass inside the module, drops at the same time as the module: it is possible to observe that the scale index indicates zero during the fall. When you stand on a bathroom scale, it measures your weight because gravity pulls down on you and the scale. Because the scale is resting on the ground, it pushes up on you with an equal force: this equal force is your weight. However, if you were to jump off a cliff while standing on a bathroom scale, both you and the scale would be pulled down equally by gravity. You would not push on the scale and it would not push back against you. Therefore, your weight would read zero.


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