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FFS, just adopt the metric system already. And "lb" is not a force unit. Also don't capitalize unit abbreviations unless named after scientists.
It's confusing, since "pound" is used for both force and mass.
1 lbm is roughly 0.45 kg
1 lbf is the force required to accelerate a 1 slug (32.2 lbm) mass 1 ft/s^2.
I don't know what the imperial system standards committee was up to, but I've never met a slug that was 32.2 lbm
You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school.
What a brainfart of a unit is that?