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Name the instrument which is commonly used to measure the mass of a body. State how it is used.
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The instrument commonly used to measure the mass of a body is a beam balance.
To use it, the body is placed on one pan and standard weights on the other until the beam becomes horizontal again. The total weight on the right pan gives the mass of the body.
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