an astronaut on the moon places a package on a scale and finds its weight to be 25 N.  (a) What would the weight of the package be on the earth? ______N  (b) what is the mass of the package on the moon? ______kg (c) what is the packages mass on earth? ______kg

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an astronaut on the moon places a package on a scale and finds its weight to be 25 N. 

(a) What would the weight of the package be on the earth?

______N 

(b) what is the mass of the package on the moon?

______kg

(c) what is the packages mass on earth?

______kg

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