A man has a mass of 80 kg on Earth. a. What is the man’s weight on Mars where the acceleration due to gravity is 3.7 m/s2 ? Show your answer in both Newtons and pounds. b. What is the man’s mass while on Mars? Explain your answer

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A man has a mass of 80 kg on Earth.

a. What is the man’s weight on Mars where the acceleration due to gravity is
3.7 m/s2 ? Show your answer in both Newtons and pounds.


b. What is the man’s mass while on Mars? Explain your answer.  

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