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OpenStudy (ebydaqueen19):

HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!! The ratio of an object's weight on Earth to its weight on the moon is 6:1. The first person to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong. He weighed 165 lbs on Earth. How much did he weigh on the moon?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think 16 pounds

OpenStudy (ebydaqueen19):

do you know a way to solve this?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it multiple choice or not

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What if gravity were twice (2x) as big? Here it is (1/6) as big.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6x as big actually

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6:1 is the ratio of Earth:moon, but they want moon:Earth.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You are nearly there...to the correct answer, not the moon.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

haha k.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so whats wrong with my answer.....??!?!?!?!?!?!?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

165/6 = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

27.5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Bingo! He weighs 1/6 what he weighs on Earth, thus 27.5 lb. Right.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeas im your bud and u are right and im happy we answered this gals q

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thnx for the help that i was wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yay i got the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You are very welcome. I make mistakes here, too.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

of course

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we all do

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Warm regards. DWC

OpenStudy (ebydaqueen19):

it is not multiple choice

OpenStudy (ebydaqueen19):

thanks you both for helping me...this is not my hmwk. i was helping someone else. :)

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