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If a 0.500-kilogram pair of running shoes would weigh 11.55 newtons on Jupiter, what is the strength of gravity there?
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If a 0.500-kilogram pair of running shoes would weigh 11.55 newtons on Jupiter, what is the strength of gravity there?

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Weight is the object's mass times the force of gravity acting upon it. If a .5 kg object weighs 11.5 N on Jupiter, it's acceleration of gravity would be 11.5/.5 which is 23 meters per second squared.
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