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Imagine that you traveled to the Moon for a vacation and discovered that your weight is different there. How would your weight be different on the Moon than on Earth? Why would it be different? Does this mean that you ""lost weight"" and need to buy new clothes that fit? Why or why not?

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I would take my weight on Earth and divide it by 6. I'd weigh less because the gravitational pull on the Moon is less, and, weight is the measure of gravitational pull. I wouldn't "loose weight" because I'd weigh the same on Earth as I did the day I left (give or take a few pounds).

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No you did not lose weight.

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Weight is the force acting on an object, Gravity is a force on earth which does not apply to the moon so your weight may change depending in where you are but your mass will stay the same because mass measures the matter of an object ITSELF! Have a nice day....

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