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  • Weight and gravity—the need for consistent definitions

The Physics Teacher 37, 51 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880152
Richard C. Morrison
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  • Physics Department, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516
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  • Richard C. Morrison
ABSTRACT
Everyone who teaches introductory physics is used to dealing with the confusion students experience when first confronted with the difference between mass and weight.
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