This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.

In this episode you will learn:

- The critical difference between pound-mass (lbm) for mass and pound-force (lbf) for force.

- Why and when to use the gravitational conversion factor, gc, which is 32.174 lbm·ft/(lbf·s²).

- How to correctly apply Newton's Second Law (F=ma) and energy equations (KE, PE) in US Customary units.

- The common exam trap involving weight calculations where local gravity (g) is not equal to standard gravity.

- Where to find gc in the NCEES FE Reference Handbook and how to spot questions requiring it.

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