Question

The weight of the body on the earth is 60N. How will the weight of this body be affected if it is allowed to fall freely on the moon? The value of G on the moon is 1/6th that on the earth's surface.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The weight of the body will become 1/6th of the weight on Earth.

i. e :- 10 N

Explanation:

We know that, Weight is a vector quantity. So, it's two factors Magnitude and direction can change.

Weight simply means, the force with which an object is attracted towards the centre of any field (Earth, moon etc) .

Also, the value of G on the Earth = 9.8 m/s^2

and, that of the moon = 1.66 m/s^2

Since we know that the value of G on the moon is approximately 1/6th of that of the value of G on Earth, so the force exerted on a body would also become 1/6 th .

Since, the given weight = 60N

Therefore, the weight on Moon

= 60×1/6

= 10N

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