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Old 05-02-2012, 12:38 PM  
kate27
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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way View Post
This one IS for smart people, because you have to be pretty clever to understand that the effect of gravity in the middle of a bridge is slightly less than the effect on the ground due to the earth's proximity to the bridge's span at the center.
Kilograms is a measure of mass that does not change ever, unlike pounds that are mass under the effect of gravity. So the original wording doesn't make sense! It would have to be newtons.. (nerd alert )
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