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Message Subject What weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?
Poster Handle LittleMe
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Both have the same mass -even if they have different volumes and are made of different materials- would always have the same weight.
 Quoting: LittleMe


Are mass and weight interchangeable?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77134005

No, they are not... it's just common sense to me...

Mass and weight are often used interchangeably but they are NOT interchangeable. where F is the force required to accelerate a Mass M at a rate a. Weight is a positive quantity which varies with gravity.
 
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