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The acceleration due to gravity on earth is 6 times that on the moon. An object weighs 10 kg on Earth. What is the mass on the moon?

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Answer:

The object obeys the equation

F = M a on both the earth and the moon (mass does not depend on location)

The problem is a little misleading because if an object has a mass of

10 kg then its weight is 10 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 = 98 Newtons

That means that weight is not expressed in Kg but rather in Newtons

Newton's Law is true on the moon as it is on the earth and F = M a

An object that weighed 10 N on earth would weigh 10 / 6 = 1.67 N on the moon

One must take care in describing a force in units of Newtons not in Kg

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