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a person has a mass of 70.0kg on earth, what would their mass be on mars, which has 1/3 of the gravity of earth?\

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The same… they weigh the same

User Ron Srebro
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Answer:

70.0 kg

Step-by-step explanation:

The mass of a person (a measure of the amount of matter in a person) does not change on going from Earth to Mars.

The person's mass on Mars would be 70.0 kg.

However, the weight of a person (the gravitational attraction of Earth or Mars for the person) does change.

A person who weighs 687 N on Earth would weigh 229 N on Mars.

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