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A student has a mass of 42 kg. On the Earth g = 9.8 m/s²; on Jupiter g = 24.8 m/s².

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A student has a mass of $42\ \text{kg}$ . On the Earth $g = 9.8\ \text{m/s}^2$ ; on Jupiter $g = 24.8\ \text{m/s}^2$ . Find the student's weight on each. How many times bigger is it on Jupiter?

Need a reminder? The key ideaShow

Mass ( $\text{kg}$ ) is how much matter, the same everywhere. Weight ( $\text{N}$ ) is the pull of gravity: $W = mg$ . On the Moon $g = 1.6\ \text{m/s}^2$ (more exactly $1.62\ \text{m/s}^2$ ); on Jupiter $24.8\ \text{m/s}^2$ .

The worked solution

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