Answer to Question #320903 in Mechanics | Relativity for 4rme

Question

At the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io the acceleration due to gravity is g=1.81 m/s2 . A watermelon weighs 44.0 N at the surface of the earth. a) What is the mass on the earth’s surface? b) What are its mass and weight on the surface of Io?

Answer 1

a)

$m_1=\frac F{g_0}=4 .49~kg,$

b)

$m_2=m_1=4.49~kg,$

$F_1=m_1g=8.12~N.$