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# Identify which of the following quantities is a scalar quantity?

mass

##### SOLUTION
A quantity is said to be a scalar if it has only magnitude but no direction.
Among the quantities given, mass has magnitude but does not have any direction.
Hence mass is a scalar quantity.

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