A suitcase is hung from a spring balance at a railway station on the Earth

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

A suitcase is hung from a spring balance at a railway station on the Earth. The balance shows a reading of

180\,\text{N}

. (i) Calculate the mass of the suitcase. (Take

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

.) (ii) The same suitcase is carried to the Moon where

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

. Find its weight on the Moon.