The mass of a satellite on the surface of earth is 7500 kg .(i) What will be the weight of the object on the earth if g = 10m/s2.(ii) If the weight of the object on moon is ⅙ times that of earth, then what isthe weight of the satellite if it is landed on the moon?
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Answer: The mass of the object on earth is 12 kg. It will be 12 kg on the moon also. The value of ‘g’ on the moon is one-sixth of its value on the earth.
Weight of the object on earth=mg=12×9.8=117.6
N Weight of the object on moon 1
=12×
6
1
×9.8=19.6
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