A bag of sugar weighs 1.50 lb on Earth. What would it weigh in newtons on the Moon, where the free-fall acceleration is one-sixth that on Earth?
Repeat for Neptune, where g is 1.44 times that on Earth.
Find the mass of the bag of sugar in kilograms at each of the three locations.(earth, moon, neptune)
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