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The mass of the Earth is 81 times the mass of the Moon, and the radius of the Earth is 3.7 times of the Moon. If the acceleration of free fall on the Earth is 9.81 ms?, without using the actual mass and radius of Earth and Moon, determine the acceleration on the Moon? ​

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Answer:

The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon is approximately 1.625 m/s2, about 16.6% that on Earth's surface or 0.166 ɡ.

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