assume you have a mass of 100 kg on earth. on the moon, where the gravitation of the moon is 1/6 gravitation of the earth, what is your mass on the moon and what is your weight on the moon
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Mass is the same on the moon. Weight, however, on the moon is 1/6 of the weight on Earth.
Weight on earth= mg
= 100 kg x 9.8 m/s²
= 980 N
Weight on moon = 1/6 x mg
= 1/6 x 980 N
= 163.33 N
However mass is same anywhere in the universe.
= 100 kg x 9.8 m/s²
= 980 N
Weight on moon = 1/6 x mg
= 1/6 x 980 N
= 163.33 N
However mass is same anywhere in the universe.