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3 years ago

What approximate "weight" is an astronaut on the moon if his mass is 80 kg? A. 128 N B. 176 N C. 784 N D. 50 N

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2 answers:

Fantom [35]3 years ago

7 0

weight = mass x acceleration due to gravity

= 80 kg x 1.6252 m/s^2 = 130 N (approximately).

The correct answer is A. 128 N

mafiozo [28]3 years ago

5 0

Your answer would be approximately 128 N. Here is how!
Acceleration on the Earth is 9.8m/sec^2... on the moon, it's 1/6 that, or about 1.6m/sec^2.

So, 80kg X 1.6m/sec^2 = 128N

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Part A

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$f_{1}$ = $231 Hz (\frac{340 m/s}{340 m/s - 16.27 m/s})$

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Part B

At this point, the hill is the stationary point while the driver is the observer moving towards the hill that is stationary. The frequency of the sound waves reflecting the driver can be obtained using equation 2;

$f_{2} = f_{1} [\frac{v_{s}+v }{v_{s} } ]$

where $f_{2}$ is the frequency of the reflected sound;

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$v_{s}$ is the speed of sound = 340 m/s;

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$f_{2} = 242.61 Hz [\frac{340 m/s+16.27 m/s }{340 m/s } ]$

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Part C

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