Homework Help: Physics: How much do you way on another planet

Posted by HELP ME!! on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:26pm.

A person weighs 900 N on Earth. What would he weigh on another planet, where the free-fall acceleration is 26.4 m/s2? Answer in units of N.

Physics: How much do you way on another planet - bobpursley, Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:29pm
Weight=GravitationalField*mass

on Earth, gravitational field g=9.8N/kg
Here, on this planet it is g=26.4N/kg

Weight=mass*g= 900/9.8 * 26.2 N
Physics: How much do you way on another planet - HELP ME!!, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 12:07am
thank you bob, you have been very helpful! :)

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