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mass vs. weight

You measure mass when you shake or heft something, like some people do in the produce section. You measure weight when you use the produce scale... Mass measures inertia. When you shake something, you are testing to see how it reacts... Weight is a force, the force of gravity... The scale balances the force of gravity against the force of a spring inside the scale.

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