Question

An 80kg astronaut traveled to the moon, where gravity is one-sixth (116) as

strong as Earth's gravity. What is the astronaut's weight on the moon?

F=mg.g=(1/6)(9.8m/s?)

Answer 1

Wmoon = 131 [N]

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the weight of a body is equal to the product of mass by gravitational acceleration.

Since we are told that the gravitational acceleration of the moon is equal to one-sixth of the acceleration of Earth's gravitation. Then we must multiply the value of Earth's gravitation by one-sixth.

`w_(moon)=(1)/(6) *m*g\\w_(moon)=(1)/(6) *80*9.81\\w_(moon)=130.8 [N] = 131 [N]`