If a person weighs 12 pounds on the Moon, how much does the person weigh on Earth? Explain your answer.
If a person weighs 126 pounds on Earth, how much does the person weight on the Moon? Explain your answer.
I'm not sure what kind of math method to use on this..
I knew I needed some information about weights on the moon and the earth.
It wasn't given and I didn't know it, so I googled
"how much does a person weighing 120 on earth weigh on the moon"
and I got this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+does+a+person+weighing+120+on+earth+weigh+on+the+moon&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA690CA690&oq=how+much+does+a+person+weighing+120+on+earth+weigh+on+the+moon&aqs=chrome..69i57.1821j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
It then took me about 1 minute to get the answer to your question.
Repeat my process, let me know what your answer is.
gravitational acceleration on the Moon is ... 1.62 m/s^2
gravitational acceleration on the Earth is ... 9.81 m/s^2
a person's weight on the Moon or the Earth
... is proportional to the appropriate value
(Moon weight) / (Earth weight) = 1.62 / 9.81
THANK YOU BOTH!!
To answer the first question, the weight of a person on the Moon compared to Earth, we need to understand the concept of gravity. Gravity is a force that pulls objects towards each other, and it is responsible for the weight we feel on Earth.
The Moon has a much smaller mass than the Earth, which means it has less gravitational pull. The gravitational pull on the Moon is roughly 1/6th of the gravitational pull on Earth. Therefore, to find out how much a person weighs on Earth compared to the Moon, we can divide their weight on the Moon by 1/6.
To calculate the person's weight on Earth, we can use the formula:
Weight on Earth = Weight on the Moon × 1/6
So, for question 1:
If a person weighs 12 pounds on the Moon, their weight on Earth would be:
Weight on Earth = 12 pounds × 1/6 = 2 pounds.
Therefore, the person would weigh 2 pounds on Earth.
For the second question, if a person weighs 126 pounds on Earth and we want to find out their weight on the Moon, we need to reverse the process. Remember that the Moon's gravitational pull is 1/6th of the Earth's.
To calculate the person's weight on the Moon, we can again use the formula:
Weight on the Moon = Weight on Earth × 1/6
So, for question 2:
If a person weighs 126 pounds on Earth, their weight on the Moon would be:
Weight on the Moon = 126 pounds × 1/6 = 21 pounds.
Therefore, the person would weigh 21 pounds on the Moon.
In summary, the weight of a person on the Moon is about 1/6th of their weight on Earth. To get the answer, we used the concept of gravity and the conversion formula to calculate the weight on each celestial body.