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The SI unit is a Newton. The old US unit is the pound-force or the poundal.

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Q: What are the metric and us customary units for force?
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What is the difference between the US Customary System and the Metric System?

The customary units are ones we use everyday. metric units usually have the word meter on it. my teacher taught me meter metric no meter no metric.


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