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To: Cboldt
Mass v. density, what has more mass, a ton of feathers or a ton of lead?

Mass and weight are not the same thing.

30 posted on 08/15/2018 10:41:52 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: SunTzuWu
-- Mass and weight are not the same thing. --

A distinction most people don't get intuitively, but once they ponder "weightlessness" in combination with not having "lost weight," the distinction is grasped.

32 posted on 08/15/2018 10:54:12 AM PDT by Cboldt
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