The weight of an astronaut on the moon is the same as on Earth. True False

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Vaselesa [24]2 years ago

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

This is due to the gravitational pull, since the moon does not have the same force or gravity like Earth, your weight would change.

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tangare [24]2 years ago

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False. Looking at the equation g=GM/r^2, the mass of the object creating gravity (the moon) is directly proportional to gravitational field strength. This means that the lower the mass of the object, the weaker the gravitational field strength will be. Since the moon is nowhere near as massive as earth, the gravitational field strength is weaker than it would be on earth, meaning your weight will be different.

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#1 Not sure where to start. This is for AP Physics!

yaroslaw [1]

First,

$\rho=\dfrac mV$

where $\rho$ is density, $m$ is mass, and $V$ is volume. We can compute the volume of the roll:

$2.7\,\dfrac{\mathrm g}{\mathrm{cm}^3}=\dfrac{1275\,\mathrm g}V$

$\implies V\approx472.22\,\mathrm{cm}^3\approx4.72\,\mathrm m^3$

When the roll is unfurled, the aluminum will be a rectangular box (a very thin one), so its volume will be the product of the given area and its thickness $x$ . Note that we're assuming the given area is not the actual total surface area of the aluminum box, but just the area of the largest face (i.e. the area of one side of the unrolled sheet of aluminum).

So we have

$V=Ax$

where $A$ is the given area, so

$4.72\,\mathrm m^3=\left(18.5\,\mathrm m^2\right)x$

$\implies x\approx0.255\,\mathrm m=255\,\mathrm{mm}$

If we're taking significant digits into account, the volume we found would have been $V=470\,\mathrm m^3$ , in turn making the thickness $x=250\,\mathrm{mm}$ .