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A body weighs 6kgf on moon. What is it's weight on earth? Express the weight in Newton.

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Solution

1 kgf = 9.80 newton
6 kgf = 58.8 newton

Answer: As we know that the weight of any object on the earth is 6 times to the weight of the same object on moon.

So weight of the man on the earth who is 12 kg weight on the moon = 6 × 6 kgf
=32 kgf
= 32*9.80 newton
= 313.6 N


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