Question

The value of gravitational acceleration on the surface of Mars is 0.377 times that on Earth. If your mass is 85 kg, your weight on Earth is 830 N (m * g = 85 kg3 * 9.8 m/s2 = 830 N). What would be your approximate mass and weight on Mars?

Answer 1

Mass on Mars = 85 kg

Weight on Mars = 314.041 N

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Value of the gravitational acceleration on surface of the Mars is 0.377 times that on the Earth.

Which means that:

`g_(Mars)=0.377* g_(Earth)=0.377* 9.8\ m/s^2=3.6946\ m/s^2`

Mass does not depend on gravity

Thus, mass on Mars is same as Mass of Earth = 85 kg

`Weight_(Mars)=Mass* g_(Mars)`

Weight on Mars = 85 kg × 3.6946 m/s² = 314.041 N