A student has a mass of and weighs on Earth

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Problem

A student has a mass of

50\,\text{kg}

and weighs

490\,\text{N}

on Earth. What would be his approximate weight on the Moon? (Take

g_{\text{moon}} = \tfrac{1}{6}\,g_{\text{earth}}

and

g_{\text{earth}} = 9.8\,\text{m/s}^2

.) (a)

490\,\text{N}

(b)

49\,\text{N}

(c) about

82\,\text{N}

(d)

300\,\text{N}

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