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The mass of a body on the earth is 15 kg. What will be its weight on thesurface of moon.(g = 10 m/s 2 )

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GIVEN:-

  • Mass of body ,m = 15kg

  • Acceleration due to gravity ,g =10m/s²

To FIND:-

  • weight of body on the moon (Wm)

Solution:-

As we know that

→ Weight = mass× acceleration due to gravity

Firstly we CALCULATE the weight of body on the earth's surface

→ We = m×g

Substitute the VALUE we get

→ We = 15×10

→ We = 150N

The weight of the body on the earth's surface is 150Newton.

Now we know that the acceleration due to gravity on the moon's surface is equal to 1/6 acceleration due to gravity on Earth's Surface.

Acceleration due to gravity on moon = 10×1/6= 10/6m/s²

→ Wm = m×g

→ Wm = 15×10/6

→ Wm = 5 ×5

→ Wm = 25N

The weight of body on the moon surface is 25 NEWTON.



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