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If I was floating in space, why would a scale read my weight as "0"?

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Answer:

No external contact force.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mass is defined as the amount of material an object contains, that doesn't change whether the object it on earth, on the moon or anywhere in space. Except the only force that is acting upon the body in gravity and they don't feel gravitational attraction towards the earth.

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