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As an astronaut goes out into space (not on another planet but in space), her mass _______________ and her weight ____________________. A) increases, decreases B) decreases, increases C) stays the same,
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As an astronaut goes out into space (not on another planet but in space), her mass _______________ and her weight ____________________.

A) increases, decreases
B) decreases, increases
C) stays the same, increases
D) stays the same, decreases

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D) stays the same, decreases

Step-by-step explanation:

When one travels away from the earth surface, one's mass remains the same but the weight decreases as the gravitation pull decreases.

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