What is the difference between Mass and Weight?

Why do we use mass instead of weight?

The position of a dragonfly that is flying parallel to the ground is given as a function of time by r⃗ =[2.90m+(0.0900m/s2)t2]i^− (0.0150m/s3)t3j^. a: at what value of t does the velocity vector of the insect make an angle of 34.0 degree clockwise from the x-axis? b: at the time calculated in part (a), what is the magnitude of the acceleration vector of the insect? c : at the time calculated in part (a), what is the direction of the acceleration vector of the insect?

What is the length x of the side of the triangle below? (hint: use the cosine function)

Ahot-air balloonist, rising vertically with a constant speed of 5.00 m/s releases a sandbag at the instant the balloon is 40.0 m above the ground. after it is released, the sandbag encounters no appreciable air drag. compute the velocity of the sandbag at 0.250 s after its release.