Question

If an object on the moon is about 0.167 of its weight on earth. How much does a 156.5 pound astronaut weigh on the moon?

Answer 1

Hi there!

Here we know how much something weighs on the moon in comparison to earth, that is weight on the moon = 0,167 * weight on the earth, because an object on the moon is about 0,167 of its weight on earth. Knowing that, we can calculate the weight of the astronaut on the moon like this:

weight on the moon = 0,167 * weight on the earth

weight on the moon = 0,167 * 156,5

weight on the moon = 26,1355 pounds

The 156,5 pound astronaut weigh 26,3155 pounds on the moon.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The weight of a astronaut would be 101.7 pounds

The reason why is we know that the astronaut is 156.5 all you do is multiple the moons gravity by that of the weight of the astronaut so the equation would look like this

156.5 x 0.165 = 101.72500000

But we would round out that answer to 101.7