A man has a mass of 150 kg.  What does he weigh on earth expressed  in N?   If the gravitation constant on the moon, gm is one-sixth that on the earth, how much does the man in # 7 weigh on the moon?   An astronaut on the moon places a package on a scale and finds it weight to be 15 N.  What would the package weigh on earth?   What is the package's mass on the moon?

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A man has a mass of 150 kg.  What does he weigh on earth expressed  in N?

 

If the gravitation constant on the moon, gis one-sixth that on the earth, how much does the man in # 7 weigh on the moon?

 

An astronaut on the moon places a package on a scale and finds it weight to be 15 N.  What would the package weigh on earth?

 

What is the package's mass on the moon?

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