Question

At the surface of Jupiter's moon Io, the acceleration due to gravity is 1.81 m/s2 . A watermelon has a weight of 44.0 N at the surface of the earth. In this problem, use 9.81 m/s2 for the acceleration due to gravity on earth.

Answer 1

Answer:

Weight at the surface of Jupiter's moon Io is 8.13 N .

Explanation:

Given :

Acceleration due to gravity at the surface of Jupiter's moon is $g_m=1.81\ m/s^2$ .

Weight of watermelon in earth , $W=44\ N$ .

Acceleration due to gravity at the surface of earth is $g=9.81\ m/s^2$ .

We know , weight is given by :

$W=mg\\m=\dfrac{W}{g}\\\\m=4.49\ kg$

Therefore , mass at the surface of Jupiter's moon Io is :

$W_m=mg_m\\\\W_m=4.49\times 1.81\\\\W_m=8.13 \ N$

Hence , this is the required solution .