Last answer: "Depends of how you weigh them. A ton of cotton could weigh more than a ton of nails."
Not true! A ton (2000 lbs) is just a ton. 1 thing that weighs exactly 2000 pounds, cant weigh more or less than another thing that weighs exactly 2000 pounds. This is very simple! How did you get this wrong? Or maybe he/she was referring to the fact that there are at least 3 different types of tons. I am not sure. Well anyway, the point is that they were wrong, and the question now has a correct, acceptable answer. :P
Weight depends on the strength of the gravitational field they are in, but assuming this to be the same, they are the same weight.
Well lets just say they weigh the same. ==> Two tons of either one does.
1 ton of feathers, 1 ton of coal, 1 ton of water, etc.
Yes, saying that your backpack weighs a ton is definitely hyperbole (exaggeration for effect). Your backpack does not literally weigh a ton, but by exaggerating, you can say that it is really heavy.
One ton each. So they weigh the same.
Weight depends on the strength of the gravitational field they are in, but assuming this to be the same, they are the same weight.
cotton
As you said both are a ton so both will be weighing the same, one ton. (exception: a tonne (being 1,000 kg, ton is 2,000 lb))
It depends which ton you use. In the UK 1 ton = 1 long ton = 2240 lb → a ton of steel weighs more than 2000 lb of cotton. In the US 1 ton = 1 short ton = 2000 lb → both are the same (A "metric ton", or "tonne" is 1000 kg which is approx 2205 lb, a little less than 1 long ton.)
A ton of rocks weighs more. Since they both weigh a ton, then they weigh the same.
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they are both the same because its a ton
Anything that weighs in at more than a ton in weight, even if only measured in mircrogrammes!!
Neither, they both weigh a ton.
They weigh the same.
Yankee Stadium
They both weigh one tonne...