What is the difference between mass and weight according to class 11 physics laws of motion? How are they related?

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Mass measures the amount of matter an object contains and it is a fundamental property of an object. It remains constant irrespective of the object's location, it is a scalar quantity. The SI unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). On the other hand, weight is a vector quantity and refers to the force ex

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