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    Oct 21, 2010, 10:36 AM
    ?What is the relationship between mass and weight
    Weight is indeed mass
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    Oct 21, 2010, 10:45 AM

    Well, the weight of an object is given by the product of its mass and the acceleration due to gravity.
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    Oct 21, 2010, 10:53 PM

    You should have looked that up in the textbook. In supermarkets weight and mass are indeed the same, i.e. measured in ounces, grams, pounds, kilograms, etc. Not in physics. In physics, weight is a force and is measured in Newtons.
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