Sunday, December 27, 2009

How do size and distance affect an object's mass?

Okay... I am really confused looking for a clear answer.... HELP!!! Thank you....How do size and distance affect an object's mass?
easy: they don't.





are you sure you typed your homework in correctly?How do size and distance affect an object's mass?
Size and distance will affect an objects attraction, not its mass.
They have absolutely no effect on the mass at all.





Think like this.





If I am right next to you do I weigh more then when I am 1 mile away?





Of course not. I always weigh the same or am made out of the same quantity of stuff. Distance has no bearing.
Distance wouldn't.


Size maybe.


Obviously if you had an object of 10kg that were of the same density of an object of 20kg, then the 20kg object would have more mass.
your question is a little vague. but size governs an objects mass and how much gravity it excerts on other external bodies. distance is relevent to mass in that an object say for demonstration purposes 1000 miles away from an object the size of a skyscraper will be pulled towards it , if the same object at 1000 miles is this next time next to an object which is the size of a car is has less mass so will have less gravitational pull. but then saying this you have to consider density of the objects.

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