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A line graph shows how the weight of a 50-kilogram person decreases as the distance from Earth's center increases, with weight sharply dropping as distance grows, illustrating the effect of gravity.
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A line graph shows how the weight of a 50-kilogram person decreases as the distance from Earth's center increases, with weight sharply dropping as distance grows, illustrating the effect of gravity.
Weight and distance from Earth The weight of an object with a mass of 50 kg (110 pounds) will decrease as its distance from Earth's center increases. (Earth's surface is about 6,400 km [3,977 miles] from its center.) Note that though the object's weight will decrease, its mass will remain the same regardless of its location.

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mass, in physics, quantitative measure of inertia, a fundamental property of all matter. It is, in effect, the resistance that a body of matter offers to a change in its speed or position upon the application of a force. The greater the mass of a body, the smaller the change produced by an applied force. The unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) is the kilogram, which is defined in terms of...

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