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Posted by Bhumika Gireesh on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 9:22am.

The force of gravity on the moon is said to be 1/6th of that on the earth .what would be the mass of 12kg weighed on the surface of the earth and moon

Physics - MathMate, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 9:57am
g(moon)=g(earth)/6
weight on moon
=m*g(moon)
=m*g(earth)/6
=12kg * 9.81 m/s² /6

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