i have a plastic bathroom scale, if i jump on it from 3.7m im fairly certain i will break it, its a 60 dollar scale, so i wont be doing that, although if you paypal me th emoney for a replacement ill gladly jump on it from as high as i feel comfortable, i feel the result will be very significant to the discussion
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Actually the scale does not register your weight but the force (via a magic device inside the scale) you apply to the scale - in this case about 1180 N - and then it transforms this force into weight - 120 kgs. Ok, big belly but otherwise quite fit.
it was my understanding that 120kg is a mass, and 1180 N is more accurately described as a weight (IE mass times gravity)