Question

if a 60 kg person was standing on a platform at the surface of saturn and they jumped, they would have to push with a force greater than..?

Answer 1

Answer:

A 60 kg person standing on a platform at the surface of Saturn and they jumped, they would have to push with a force greater than 540 N

Explanation:

The gravitational attraction between an object on the surface of a planet and the planet is given by the weight of the object

Therefore the force needed to be applied for an object to lift off the surface of a planet = The weight of the object

The weight of the object on the surface of a planet = m × g

Where;

m = The mass of the object

g = The strength of gravity on the planet's surface in N/kg

The given parameters are;

The mass of the person standing on a platform at the surface of Saturn, m = 60 kg

The strength of gravity on the surface of Saturn = 9 N/kg

Therefore, we have;

The weight of the person = The force greater than which the person would have to push on the surface of Saturn so as to Jump = The weight of the person on the surface of Saturn = 60 kg × 9 N/kg = 540 N

Therefore, for a 60 kg person standing on a platform at the surface of Saturn and they jumped, they would have to push with a force greater than 540 N.