How are mass and weight related?

Wendy Larsen

Wendy Larsen

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2022-12-30

How are mass and weight related?

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Larry Newman

Larry Newman

Beginner2022-12-31Added 7 answers

More mass means more weight that seems something easy.
W=g·m where g is the acceleration due to gravity which on the earth surface is arround 9.81m/s2 and it depends on the distance between the earth's core and where you are weighing things.
Therefore, if g is held constant, greater mass implies greater weight because it has a direct proportionality.
G, however, is not a prime number. For instance, the moon's surface has g that is roughly 6 times lower than that of the earth. The object will have the same mass at the moon but a different weight because of the difference in g.
So saying I weigh 60kg is not correct. Weight is measured in Newtons, it would be correct to say I weigh 600N on the earth's surface or i weigh 100N on the moon's surface (taking g as 10m/s2).

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