Question

What will be the weight of the body on the moon whose mass is 12 kg?

Answer 1

Step 1: Given:

The object on Earth has a mass of $12$ kilograms.

On the moon, it will similarly be $12$ kg.

On the moon, the value of '$g$' is one-sixth that on Earth.

Step 2: Solution

The object's weight on the ground

$$\begin{gathered} =mg=12\times 9.8 \\ =117.6 \end{gathered}$$

Now, weight of the object on the moon is

$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{1}{6}\times 117.6 \\ =19.6 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the weight of the body on the moon whose mass is 12 kg is $19.6$.