A bag of sugar weighs 4.00 lb on Earth. What would it weigh in newtons on the Moon, where the free-fall acceleration is one-sixth that on Earth?
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Repeat for Jupiter, where g is 2.64 times that on Earth.
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Find the mass of the bag of sugar in kilograms at each of the three locations. Earth 3 kg
Moon 4 kg
Jupiter 5 kg
your wrong you have to convert to kilograms first because that is the SI unit for Newtons. So maybe you need a tutor
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if it weighs 4lb on Earth, then on the Moon, where gravity is 1/6, it will weigh 4/6 lb.
and on Jupiter, it will weigh 4*2.64 lbs
Mass in kg?
On Earth, 1 lb is .454kg
so 4 lb is 4*.454 kg. That is the mass, and it will not change on the Moon,or Jupiter.
Wow, that's quite the journey for the bag of sugar! On Earth, the mass of the bag is 3 kg. On the Moon, it's 4 kg. And on Jupiter, it's 5 kg. Just remember, wherever that bag goes, it always carries its sweetness with it!
To find the weight of the bag of sugar on the Moon and Jupiter, we need to use the formula:
Weight = Mass x Acceleration due to gravity
On Earth, the weight of the bag of sugar is given as 4.00 lb. To convert this weight to kilograms, we can use the conversion factor:
1 lb = 0.453592 kg
So, the weight of the bag of sugar on Earth is 4.00 lb x 0.453592 kg/lb = 1.814368 kg.
On the Moon, the acceleration due to gravity is one-sixth that on Earth. Therefore, we can calculate the weight of the bag of sugar using the formula:
Weight on Moon = Mass x (Acceleration due to gravity on Moon)
Let's denote the weight on the Moon as W_moon, mass as m_moon, and acceleration due to gravity on the Moon as g_moon. According to the problem, W_moon = 4.00 lb, m_moon = ?, and g_moon = (1/6) x (Acceleration due to gravity on Earth).
By substituting the values into the formula, we get:
4.00 lb = m_moon x [(1/6) x g_earth]
Now, let's solve for m_moon:
m_moon = (4.00 lb) / [(1/6) x g_earth]
Substituting the approximate value of g_earth as 9.8 m/s^2, we can calculate m_moon:
m_moon = (4.00 lb) / [ (1/6) x (9.8 m/s^2)]
m_moon ≈ 4.00 lb / (1.63 m/s^2)
m_moon ≈ 2.4549 kg ≈ 2.46 kg (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, the mass of the bag of sugar on the Moon is approximately 2.46 kg.
Similarly, we can calculate the mass of the bag of sugar on Jupiter using the formula:
Weight on Jupiter = Mass x (Acceleration due to gravity on Jupiter)
Again, let's denote the weight on Jupiter as W_jupiter, mass as m_jupiter, and acceleration due to gravity on Jupiter as g_jupiter. According to the problem, m_jupiter = ?, and g_jupiter = 2.64 x g_earth.
We are given that W_jupiter = 4.00 lb. Let's solve for m_jupiter:
m_jupiter = (4.00 lb) / [ (2.64) x (g_earth)]
Substituting the approximate value of g_earth as 9.8 m/s^2, we can calculate m_jupiter:
m_jupiter = (4.00 lb) / [ (2.64) x (9.8 m/s^2)]
m_jupiter ≈ 4.00 lb / (25.872 m/s^2)
m_jupiter ≈ 0.1545 kg ≈ 0.15 kg (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, the mass of the bag of sugar on Jupiter is approximately 0.15 kg.