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A ball weighs 15lb on earth and 5.7 pounds on mars. What is the constant proportionality between weight of an object on mars and earh?

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So its asking you to find the gravity on earth relative to the gravity on mars.

Set up an equation to figure out the difference between the two gravities


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x=.38

I don't know what constant of proportionality is in this context but a ball on mars would weigh .38 the amount that it does on earth.
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