A student carries both a spring balance and a beam balance while travelling from the…

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Problem

A student carries both a spring balance and a beam balance while travelling from the Earth to the Moon with an identical metallic block. (i) What reading will the beam balance show on the Moon? Give a reason for your answer. (ii) The spring balance reads 60 N60\,\text{N} for the block on the Earth. Calculate the reading of the same spring balance on the Moon, where the value of gg is one-sixth that on the Earth. (iii) Explain why the two instruments behave differently when taken to the Moon.

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