A student weighs on Earth

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Problem

A student weighs 600 N600\,\text{N} on Earth. The following table gives the masses and radii of three planets relative to those of Earth:
PlanetMassRadius
Mercury0.055ME0.055M_E0.38RE0.38R_E
Venus0.815ME0.815M_E0.95RE0.95R_E
Jupiter317.8ME317.8M_E11.2RE11.2R_E
(a) Calculate the student's weight on each of the three planets. (b) Arrange the planets in increasing order of the student's weight.

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