Thursday, October 30, 2008

Fundamentals: Question answered on apparent weight

Free body diagram of man on weighing scale: W-R=mw2R, R = W - mw2R, where R is the reading of weighing scale (apparent weight). W is the gravitational force.
If the rotation of the earth is more than 24 h then w is smaller . Hence the weighing scale shows a greater reading than before. In otherwords, the weighing scale reading is closer to true weight.