This is a defective, misleading question, and should never be asked in a Physics class.
There is no such thing as the force due to the impact.
If you know how long it takes the clam to stop once it begins to hit the dirt,
then you can calculate the impulse transferred to it, and tease a force out
of that. But the question doesn't give us the time.
It depends on the material of the surface. Was the clam dropped onto dirt ?
Into a dumpster ? Onto grass ? Concrete ? Styrofoam ? Mud ? The answer
is different in each case, and we still need to know the short length of time
AFTER it first encountered whatever surface brought it to rest.
I would kick this question back to the Physics teacher. It's meaningless,
and the longer you try to work on it, the more nonsense you'll plant into
your head that'll need to be dug out later.
Then everyone would fall off the surface
All machines are not 100% efficient because of <span>C. Friction</span>
Answer: A) mass on earth surface = 5.91kg
B) mass on surface of jupiter = 5.91kg
C) weight on surface of jupiter = 10.697N
Explanation:
The relationship between weight (W), mass (m) and acceleration due gravity (g) is given below
W=mg
From the question, g= 9.8m/s² and weight on the surface on the earth is 58N
A) The mass of watermelon on earth is
m = 58/ 9.8 = 5.91kg
B) the mass of the watermelon on jupiter is 5.91kg.
You will notice this is the same as the mass of watermelon on earth and that is so because mass is a scalar quantity that does not depends on the distance away from the center of the earth (unlike weight which is a vector) thus making it constant all through any location.
C) mass of watermelon is 5.91kg, g=9.8m/s² weight of watermelon on jupiter is given below as
W = mg
W = 5.91 x 9.8
= 10.697N.
