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A woman who weighs 160 pounds on earth weighs 30 on the moon. If a boy weighs 60 pounds on earth , how much dose he weigh on the moon.

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60Kg. Mass does not vary by the strength of the gravitational field. What changes is the weight which will only be about one-sixth of what it is on Earth. So a 60Kg mass on the Moon would weigh approximately the same as a 10Kg mass on the Earth.
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10 pounds

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