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Acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is about 1.62 m/s2. If an astronaut’s mass on Earth is 100 kg, her mass on the Moon is (a) 100 kg (b) 30.9 kg (c) 162 kg (d) 61.7 kg

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Acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is about 1.62 m/s². If an astronaut’s mass on Earth is 100 kg, her mass on the Moon is

	(a)	100 kg
	(b)	30.9 kg
	(c)	162 kg
	(d)	61.7 kg

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