Question #221998

An alien from another system has a weight of 1024 N when he is on his home planet where g = 16.5 m/s2. What is his weight on Earth? 


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Expert's answer
2021-08-10T08:01:57-0400

The weight

W=mgW=mg

Hence,

WEarth=WP×gEarthgP=1024N×9.8m/s216.5m/s2=608NW_{\rm Earth}=W_P\times \frac{g_{\rm Earth}}{g_P}\\ =1024\:\rm N\times \frac{9.8\:\rm m/s^2}{16.5\:\rm m/s^2}=608\:\rm N


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