A man stands on a weighing machine. The weighing machine Shows 45.Is 45 the weight or the mass.(2 marks)

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45 is the weight here.
Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter something contains, while Weight is the measurement of the pull of gravity on an object.weight changes with location.

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