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Mass vs. Weight — Measurement & Comparison

By Adrien
Photograph of an old-fashioned scale in equilibrium.

Image source: By Svetit CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Old fashioned scales, like the one pictured above, measure the comparative weight of two items. If this scale was brought to the moon, where the gravitational acceleration is about 17% of that on earth, how would the balance shift?

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