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An object weighs on the surface of the Earth
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation
Problem
An object weighs
120
N
120\,\text{N}
120
N
on the surface of the Earth. What would be its weight on the Moon? (Take the Moon’s acceleration due to gravity as one-sixth that of the Earth.)
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