what is the difference between mass and weight of an object. will the mass and weight of an object on the earth be same as their value on Mars? why?
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mass of the body will be same on the earth and mars but its weight will change as value of 'g' will change.
Answer:
MASS: The total quantity of matter contained in an object is called mass of an object. We can measure mass of an object by its inertia. Mass of an object remains constant at all the places. It does not change even value of 'g' is 0 at any place.
WEIGHT: The weight is the gravitational force by which earth attracts an object. We can measure weight: W=m(mass)*g(acceleration due to gravity). It is different at different places(variable). The weight of the object becomes 0 if the value of g is 0 at any place.
Mass of the object never changes. So the mass would be same on Earth as well as on Mars. But if we talk about weight, it will definitely vary. Weight is something which depends on the value of g, and the values will differ in both the places.
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