An astronaut carries a toolkit having a mass of .

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Problem

An astronaut carries a toolkit having a mass of

6\,\text{kg}

. (i) Calculate the weight of the toolkit when the astronaut is standing on the surface of the Earth where

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

. (ii) Calculate the weight of the same toolkit on the surface of the Moon where

g = 1.63\,\text{m/s}^2

. (iii) On Earth a spring balance shows a reading of

10\,\text{N}

for a certain object. Determine the mass of that object.