Question

The gravity on planet A is 5.6 m/s the mass of an object is 2.6 kg, what is the weight of the

object on this new planet?​

Answer 1

14.56 N

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Newton's second law of motion,

The force acting on a body is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration acting on it.

Weight of a body on a planet is equal to the force due to gravity of the planet. So, weight is the product of mass of body and acceleration due to gravity of the planet.

Here, acceleration due to gravity on planet A is
`g_(A)=5.6` m/s² and mass of an object on it is
`m=2.6` kg.

So, weight of an object,
`W`, on planet A is given as,

`W=m* a=m* g_(A)=2.6* 5.6=14.56\textrm{ N}`