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These three concepts of inertia, mass, and weight are interconected. Intertia can be defined by Newton's first law, which states that "an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion." In other words, inertia is the amount of resistance an object has to change. Inertia affects all objects, and all objects have mass. The mass of an objects demonstrates how much matter is within the object. The larger the mass of an object the more inertia it has. Finally, the weight of an object has to do with the the amount of gravity that is being pulled down upon it. Weight can be seen as force, and the equation of a force is F(or weight)=mass*acceleration (gravity).