Question

The mass and weight of an object on earth are 5 kg and 49 N respectively. What will be their values on the moon ? Assume that the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1/6th of that on the earth .

Answer 1

Answer:

Since, the weigh of the body is 49N and the mass of the body is 5Kg hence by using the formulae of weight we can find the acceleration due to gravity as

weight(W) = mass(M) * acceleration due to gravity(g).

Thus, on placing the values we will get 49 = 5 * g.

So, we will get g= 9.8m/s^2 on earth.

Now, on moon the value of acceleration due to gravity is 1/6 th of the value of the earth thus g1 = g/6. Hence, we can find the weight as W= 5*9.8/6 = 8.16N. The mass of the body everywhere will be same.