The weight of body on earth is 60 N. Its weight on moon will be :

360 N

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60 N

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10 N

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16 N

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Solution

The correct option is B $60 N$
The mass of the man would remain the same…
His weight would change. Assuming the man’s weight on earth is $60 N .$
Since weight is a force, according to Newton’s second law, F = ma ( m = mass, a = acceleration due to gravity) First lets find the mass of the man, as it is required to find his weight on the moon.
$F = m a [t a k i n g a o f e a r t h a s 10 m / s^{2}]$
$60 = m . 10 [d i v i d e 10 o n b o t h s i d e s]$
$m = \frac{60}{10}$ = 6 Kg
Acceleration due to gravity on the moon is $83$ less than the acceleration due to gravity on earth $(1.622 m / s^{2})$ .
$F = m a$
$F = 6 . 1.622 =$ 9.732 N
So a person weighting $60 N$ on earth would approximately weight around $10 N$ on the moon.

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