Question

The weight of a boy on the earth’s surface is 540 N.
(i) What is his weight on the moon ?
(ii) What is his weight on a planet whose radius is twice but mass is six times that of the earth.
(g on moon = 1/6th that of the earth)

Answer 1

Answer:

Weight on the Moon

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Your weight on the Moon is 16.5% what you would experience on Earth. In other words, if you weighed 100 kg on Earth, you would weigh a mere 16.5 kg on the Moon. For you imperial folks, imagine you tipped the scales at 200 pounds. Your weight on the Moon would only be 33 pounds