Question

Find the weight of an object of mass 5 kg

on
i. Surface of the earth
ii. b) Surface of the moon

Answer 1

1

For instance, on Earth, a 5.0-kg object weighs 49 N; on the Moon, where g is 1.67 m/s2, the object weighs 8.4 N.

2

The weight of the object on the surface of earth would be 5kg. The weight of the object on the surface of moon would be 5/6= 0.83 as the weight of any object on earth is six times than that on moon.

Answer 2

weight on earth is mg

which is 5*9.8

49 Newton

weight on moon is 1/6 th of weight on earth

1/6*49

8.166 Newton..