Please help me solve this with step by step solutions Suppose you weigh 105 poun
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Please help me solve this with step by step solutions
Suppose you weigh 105 pounds . How much would you weigh on each of the other planets in our solar system? Assume you can stand either on the surface or in an airplane in the planet's atmosphere. (Hint: Recall from Chapter Light and Matter that weight is mass times the acceleration of gravity. The surface gravity column in the table below tells you how the acceleration of gravity on other planets compares to that on Earth.)
On Mercury. Express your answer using three significant figures.
Explanation / Answer
mass of the remains same on all the planets.Bt weight if defferent.
m = W_onearth/g_earth
= 105 pounds/9.8
so,
weight on any other planet = m*g_planet
= (105 pounds/9.8)*g_planet
= 105*g_plnaet/9.8 pounds
form the given table substitute g values on different planets you get diffrenet weights.
for example :
weight of the body on moon = 105*g_moon/9.8 pounds
= 105*1.63/9.8
= 17.46 pounds