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Is it more accurate to say that a dieting person loses mass or loses weight?
Whether it is more accurate to say that a dieting person loses more mass or it is to say that it loses weight.
Answer to Problem 41A
It is more accurate to say that dieting person loses mass.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
If the given mass of an object is
Where,
Now, it can be seen from above equation that the weight of an object depends on the mass of the object.
Thus, it more accurate to say that a dieting person always loses its mass and then in turn loses its weight.
Conclusion:
Hence, a dieting person loses its mass first.
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