Question

What is the weight of a 225-kg space probe on the Moon? The acceleration of gravity on the Moon is 1.62 m/s^2.

Answer 1

Note that weight the the pull of the gravity on mass. W = mg

Answer 2

What?

Answer 3

weight is the* It is basically the force exerted by the gravity on an object. I just gave you the formula where m is the mass in kg and g is the gravitational acceleration in m/s^2

Answer 4

Oh! That makes so much sense! Thank you!

Answer 5

So it would be W=225(2.62)?

Answer 6

Oh and the gravitational acceleration(g) depends on the location. That is why we can have different weights at different places but the same mass everywhere.

Answer 7

I think you misstyped. It should be W = 225(1.62)

Answer 8

Yep. Sorry I typed that in wrong.