Is 80 kg mass or weight?
GeneralClass 12AllAnswered 27 Mar 2026
Answer
80 kg refers to mass. The kilogram is a unit of mass, not weight. Your weight would be the force of gravity acting on that 80 kg mass, which euals approximately 784 newtons on Earth. This confusion arises because bathroom scales show kilograms but are actually measuring the gravitational force (weight) and converting it to mass for convenience.
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