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More about Mass

A common mistake is to think of Mass and Weight as the same thing
because the word weight is often used when mass was really meant

When we talk of our weight we think about how heavy we are!
What we don't always take into consideration is gravity
and how this effects how heavy we are!

Our mass is how heavy we are!
Our weight is how heavy we are on this planet! (with it's gravitational pull down!)

To work out weight (N) you need to multiply Mass by Gravity!

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