1/6 = .1666667 = .17
At surface gravity (what you weigh on the surface of the earth), you weigh 85 pounds. On the moon, you would weigh .17 * 85 = ?
Okk so im not asking for answers, i just need somone to expplain this homework to me! I don't get it what so ever.
So the homework tittle is Weight in space.
So it has a whole discripition in wjich i will write dpwn for you.
The paper says: Gravity is an invisible force that pulls on things. The pull of earths is what gives. Us weight. The size, mass, and density of a planet or moon determines its gravitational pull. We consider the surface gravity of the earth to be 1.
To find your actual weight on the moon and the planets, you must multiply your weight on earth by the surface gravity of that body. Find your wight on the moon first and then follow the formula to complete the chart below.
The surface gravity on the moon is one sixth or 0.16 that of earth. "
Ok so i get the first part but what does it want me to do?! I have no clue. I weigh 85, but that's not my "surface gravity". I don't even know what surface gravity is. Someone help me!
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