A boy weighs 72 kg on earth. What is his weight on moon? Why?
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First of all, the earth's gravity is 9.8 ms⁻² and and the force acting on a body is 9.8N while on moon gravity is 1.62 ms⁻² and force acting on a body is 1.62N. Hence if a person with the weight 72N on earth will be
72/6 = 12N
as the force acting on the moon is 1/6th the force on earth.
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