An astronaut has a mass of 80 kg and weighs 600 N on a newly discovered planet. What is the gravitational acceleration on that planet?
To find the gravitational acceleration on the newly discovered planet, we can use the formula:
where:
is the weight (600 N),
is the mass (80 kg),
is the gravitational acceleration we want to find.
Rearranging the formula to solve for :
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