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How is mass ond weight the same?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

They are most definitely NOT the same, but people often confuse them. The relationship is:

weight = mass x gravity

That means that, other things being equal, weight is proportional to mass. But it also depends on gravity.

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