Answer: your weight on the moon will be approximately 0.2 times of your weight on the earth
Explanation:
Answer:
Explanation:
Weight of a body equals the earth's pull on that body and it calculated by
W = mass of the body × acceleration due to gravity of earth.
Similarly, the weight of a body on the moon is also equal to the moon's pull on the body and it is calculated by
Wm = mass of the body × acceleration due gravity of the moon
Since the acceleration due to gravity of the moon is less than the acceleration due to gravity of the earth; the weight on moon will be less than the weight on earth ( acceleration due to gravity of the moon is about one-sixth of the earth acceleration due to gravity)
gm ( acceleration due to gravity on moon ) = [tex]\frac{1}{6}[/tex] g ( acceleration due to gravity on earth)
weight on moon = [tex]\frac{g}{6}[/tex] × m = 0.167 ( mg) = 0.167 weight of on earth.
