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160-lbm astronaut took his bathroom scale (a spring scale) and a beam scale (compares masses) to the moon where the local gravity is g = 5.48 ft/s2. Determine how much he will weigh on the beam scale.

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The beam will say 160 lbm.

The bathroom scale will say 27.2 lbf.

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