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An astronaut weighs 890 N on Earth. What is the astronaut's weight on the Moon? Acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is 1.62 m/s^2.

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Explanation:(a) What is her weight on earth? (b) What are her mass and her weight on the moon, where g = 1.62 ms–2? Solution: (a) On earth. W = m g = 55.0 x 9.8 = 539 N. (b) On moon, her mass remains the same, but the acceleration due to gravity

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