My weight is 60 kg as per doctor weighing machine. It's mean my mass is 60/9.81 kg. Actual question is why doctors always write unit of weight in kg. But kg is the unit of mass.
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Actually since kg is an accept standard unit of measure . Hence your weight is 60 kg as stated by the doctor . But actually kg is just an accepted unit of measurement here . Had it been done scientifically your mass would have been measured as 60/9.8 kg as stated by you
Basically you were completely right with your statement
Basically you were completely right with your statement
Weight is actually computed as mass x gravity. It is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object. Hence, technically you are correct that the mass of a person (typically in kg) should me multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity equal to 9.81m/s^2. However, in human weight, we typically refer to this as body mass; thus, it takes the form of mass alone which is in kilograms.