Question

2.If a sledgehammer that weighs 18 newtons on Earth will weigh about 4 newtons on the planet Namar, then your weight on Namar would be about ___ times your weight on Earth.
A. 0.25
B. 4
C. 0.5
D. Not enough information

Answer 1

Assume you weigh 100.

4/18 = x/100

400 = 18x

x = 22.22

Is that close enough to 0.25?

Answer 2

0.25

Answer 3

Four newtons is a bit less than one fourth of 18 newtons. (418 is nearly equal to 14.) This means that the weight of any object on Namar is about one fourth its weight on Earth. One fourth is the same as one divided by four, which is equal to 0.25.

Answer 4

im so confused
what is 0.5 or 0.25?????