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Nazim measures his weight by standing on the bathroom scale on both feet. He then lifts one of his feet. What do you think will happen to his weight now?

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Answer:

The weight would be the same

Step-by-step explanation:

Just like Nazim who was on a scale, I had to stand on a scale and repeat what Nazim did in order to answer this question properly.

When one foot is lifted, the surface pressure reduces compared to when both feet were on the scale. This is because lifting the fiit makes the weight distribution to be less balanced thereby reducing it. But weight would still remain the same since the scale reads weight and not the pressure.

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