A group of engineers has landed on the moon, and they wish to determine the mass of some rocks. They have a spring scale calibrated to read pounds mass at a location where the acceleration of gravity is 32.186 [ft/s2]. One of the moon rocks gives a reading of 18.76 on this scale. What is its mass? What is its weight on the moon? Take gmoon = 5.32 [ft/s2].

A group of engineers has landed on the moon, and they wish to determine the mass of some rocks. They have a spring scale calibrated to read pounds mass at a location where the acceleration of gravity is 32.186 [ft/s2]. One of the moon rocks gives a reading of 18.76 on this scale. What is its mass? What is its weight on the moon? Take gmoon = 5.32 [ft/s2].

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Chapter7: Rotational Motion And The Law Of Gravity

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Problem 10WUE: (a) Find the magnitude of the gravity force between a planet with mass 5.98 1024 kg and its moon,...

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