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Explain the difference between mass and weight (in at least 2 sentences)

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zloy xaker [14]3 years ago

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Mass is the measure of mutual gravitational pull to other bodies, or a fundamental property of an object. Weight is the measure of force on an object due to gravity.

Irina-Kira [14]3 years ago

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Mass= is how big something is.
Weight= is how heavy something is.
They are different things because weight is talking about heavy... not how big it is.

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