Question

The weight of a person is 29.4 newton on the earth. What will be its weight on the moon.

Answer 1

Step 1: Given data

Weight of a person on the earth $\left(W_e\right)$ = 29.4 N.

Weight of a person on the moon $\left(W_m\right)$=?

Step 2: Formula used

$Weightofanobjectonthemoon=\frac{1}{6}Weightofanobjectontheearth.$

$W_m=\frac{1}{6}{W}_e............\left(a\right)$

Step 3: Finding the weight of the person on the moon

On putting the given values in equation (a), we get,

$$\begin{gathered} W_m=\frac{1}{6}\times 29.4N \\ {W}_m=4.9N. \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the weight of the person on the moon will be 4.9 N.