Question

. If a 0.5 kg pair of running shoes would weigh 11.55 newtons on Jupiter, what is the strength of gravity there?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The weight of an object is given by

F=mgF=mg

where m is the mass of the object, while g is the strength of the gravity (which corresponds to the

gravitational acceleration of the planet).

In our problem, the shoes have a mass of m=0.5 kg, and their weight is F=11.55 N. So, we can re-arrange the previous formula to find the value of g:

g= \frac{F}{m}= \frac{11.55 N}{0.5 kg}=23.1 N kg^{-1}g=

m

F

=

0.5kg

11.55N

=23.1Nkg

−1

and this is the strength of the gravity on Jupiter's surface.

Hope it helps

Answer 2

Answer:

g=F/m=11.55/0.5kg=23.1m/s^2