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Problem
A student has a mass of
50
kg
50\,\text{kg}
50
kg
and weighs
490
N
490\,\text{N}
490
N
on Earth. What would be his approximate weight on the Moon? (Take
g
moon
=
1
6
g
earth
g_{\text{moon}} = \tfrac{1}{6}\,g_{\text{earth}}
g
moon
=
6
1
g
earth
and
g
earth
=
9.8
m/s
2
g_{\text{earth}} = 9.8\,\text{m/s}^2
g
earth
=
9.8
m/s
2
.) a)
490
N
490\,\text{N}
490
N
b)
49
N
49\,\text{N}
49
N
c) about
82
N
82\,\text{N}
82
N
d)
300
N
300\,\text{N}
300
N
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