Question

Differentiate between Mass and weight ​

Answer 1

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✧ Mass :-

⚜︎ The mass of a body is the quantity of matter contained in it.

⚜︎ Mass is a scaler quantity.

⚜︎ The mass of a body is constant and not change From place to place.

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✧ Weight :-

⚜︎ The weight of a body is the force with which it is attract towards the centre of the earth. Weight is denoted by w.

$\large\red{ \rm \:W = F }$

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⚜︎ SI unit of the weight is Newton.

⚜︎ weight is a vector quantity.

⚜︎ weight of a body changes from place to place. The Weight of the body is not constant.

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Answer 2

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1) Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter something contains while weight is measurement of the pull of gravity on the object.


2) mass is measured by using a balance comparing a known amount of matter to an unknown amount of matter and weight is measured on scale.