A 1kg object is brought to planet mercury where the acceleration due to gravity  is 0.38 times its value on earth. Find: What is the weight of the object on earth? What is the mass of the object on mercury? What is its weight on Mercury?

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Problem 23P: The mass of a particle is 15 kg. (a) What is its weight on Earth? (b) What is its weight on the...
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A 1kg object is brought to planet mercury where the acceleration due to gravity  is 0.38 times its value on earth. Find:

  1. What is the weight of the object on earth?
  2. What is the mass of the object on mercury?
  3. What is its weight on Mercury?
  4. Which has a greater mass: a 49N object on the earth or a 49N object on mercury?
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