Gravitational mass and inertial mass

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I get **ΣF = m*a** and gravity pull is **m*g**

But I was once told that there is no reason that the mass in both cases are the same. However, they happen to be according to our most precise measurement. Why wouldn’t they be the same? Can anything have different mass in regard of the context?

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Gravitational Mass is just a specific application of Inertial Mass. Inertial Mass is more general and can be mass under any force – gravity is a special case of it.

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