Fw = mg

The Weight due to Gravity Equation

" Fw " is the object' s weight

" m" is the object' s mass " g " is the gravity " i.e. acceleration" of a particular planet

Remember weight is a force due to the pull of gravity!!

1) The mass of a person is 70 kg. What is the weight of this person on Earth? a. What does the problem ask you to find? _______________ (include units!) Fw = ______________ m = _____________ b. What is the equation you will use? ________________ g = ____________

c. Work the problem out (write the equation with numbers and solve for the unknown): d. What is the answer? (INCLUDING UNITS!!) __________________________________ 2) A car weighs about 1000 N on Earth. What is the mass of the car? a. What does the problem ask you to find? _______________ (include units!) Fw = ______________ m = _____________ b. What is the equation you will use? ________________ g = ____________

c. Work the problem out (write the equation with numbers and solve for the unknown): d. What is the answer? (INCLUDING UNITS!!) __________________________________ 3) If the car from the above problem was moved to the Moon where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.67 m/s2, what would be the weight of the car? Fw = ______________ m = _____________ g = ____________

4) An astronaut has a mass of 100 kg and a weight of 373 N on a new planet. What would be the acceleration due to gravity on this planet? Fw = ______________ m = _____________ g = ____________

5) Mars has an acceleration due to gravity of 3.67 m/s2. If a baseball has a mass of 0.15 kg, how much would the baseball weigh? (Dont forget the UNITS!) Fw = ______________ m = _____________ g = ____________

6) If you have a mass of 90 kg and on Jupiter you have a weight of 2335.5 N, what is the acceleration due to gravity on Jupiter? Fw =___________ m =___________ g =___________

The Weight Equation.docx

The Weight due to Gravity Equation

7) A rocket lands on Pluto where the acceleration due to gravity is 0.42 m/s2. If the rocket has a weight of 850 N, what would the mass of the rocket be? Fw =___________ m =___________ g =___________

8) You take your Humvee to Venus. On Venus your Humvee has a weight of10111.8 N and the gravitational acceleration on Venus is 8.87 m/s2. What is the mass of your Humvee? Fw =___________ m =___________ g =___________

9) You decide to take your Humvee with the mass you calculated in the above problem to Neptune. On Neptune the weight of your Humvee is 16039.8 N, what is the acceleration due to gravity on Neptune? Fw =___________ m =___________ g =___________

10) A 2000 kg space probe is sent to the Sun, which has an acceleration due to gravity of 274.13 m/s2. What would be the weight of the space probe on the Sun? Fw =___________ m =___________ g =___________

The Weight Equation.docx