Re: The definition of weight

From: Mark Nudelman (markn_at_greenwoodsoftware.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:22:53 GMT

"Donald G. Shead" <dcshead@charter.net> wrote in message
news:48402bae.0406171842.2ca7bdb9@posting.google.com...
> Weight [w] does not, and cannot be
> w = mg, because m = w/g :: Therefore
> w = [w/g]g, and/or w = [f/a]g...

I'm trying to understand what you can possibly mean by this. By simple
algebra, w=mg is equivalent to m=w/g. They mean exactly the same thing.
How can you say that one is true and the other is not?

--Mark