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Which statement below is true about going to the moon where the gravity constant is (g = -1.6m/s2)?(1 point) Responses Your mass stays the same, but your weight increases. Your mass stays the same, but your weight increases. Your mass stays the same, but your weight decreases. Your mass stays the same, but your weight decreases. Your mass and weight both decrease.
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The correct statement is: **Your mass stays the same, but your weight decreases.**
Here's why:
- **Mass** is the amount of matter in your body and does not change regardless of location. Whether you're on Earth, the Moon, or in space, your mass remains constant.
- **Weight** is the force exerted on your mass due to gravity. On Earth, we have a gravity constant of approximately \( g = 9.81 \, m/s^2 \). On the Moon, with a gravity constant of \( g = -1.6 \, m/s^2 \), the gravitational force is significantly weaker, which means your weight would be less than on Earth.
Therefore, while your mass (measured in kilograms) remains the same, your weight (measured in newtons and proportional to gravitational force) decreases when you go to the Moon.
Here's why:
- **Mass** is the amount of matter in your body and does not change regardless of location. Whether you're on Earth, the Moon, or in space, your mass remains constant.
- **Weight** is the force exerted on your mass due to gravity. On Earth, we have a gravity constant of approximately \( g = 9.81 \, m/s^2 \). On the Moon, with a gravity constant of \( g = -1.6 \, m/s^2 \), the gravitational force is significantly weaker, which means your weight would be less than on Earth.
Therefore, while your mass (measured in kilograms) remains the same, your weight (measured in newtons and proportional to gravitational force) decreases when you go to the Moon.
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