Question

30.Differentiate between mass and weight of an object.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The mass of an object is a measure of the object's inertial property, or the amount of matter it contains. The weight of an object is a measure of the force exerted on the object by gravity, or the force needed to support it. The pull of gravity on the earth gives an object a downward acceleration of about 9.8 m/s2.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mass is simply the measure of the amount of matter in a body.

Weight is the measure of the amount of force acting on a mass due to acceleration due to gravity.

2 Denotation

Mass is denoted by “M”.

Weight is denoted by “W”.