Question

A bag of sugar has a mass of 2.26kg. What is the weight in Newtons on the moon, where are the acceleration due to gravity is one-sixth of that on earth?

Answer 1

weight =mass*gravity
weight = 2.26 kg* (9.8/6) m/s^2
weight = 3.691 N

Answer 2

Answer:

W = 3.68 N

Explanation:

It is given that,

Mass of the sugar bag, m = 2.26 kg

Let W is the weight of the sugar bag on the moon. Weight of an object is equal to the product of mass and acceleration due to gravity on the surface of moon.

$g'=\dfrac{g}{6}=\dfrac{9.8}{6}=1.63\ m/s^2$

So, the weight of the sugar bag is :

$W=mg'$

$W=2.26\ kg\times 1.63\ m/s^2$

W = 3.68 N

So, the weight of the sugar bag is 3.68 N. Hence, this is the required solution.