Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Chapter 1, Problem 14PQ
As part of a biology field trip, you have taken an equal-arm balance (Fig. P1. 14) to the beach. Your plan was to measure the masses of various mollusks, but you forgot to bring along your set of Standard gram masses. You notice that the beach is full of pebbles. Although there are variations in color, texture, and shape, you wonder whether you can somehow use the pebbles as a Standard mass set. Develop a procedure for assembling a Standard mass set from the pebbles on the beach. Describe your procedure step by step so that someone else could follow it.
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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