If your weight is 120 pounds and your mass is 54 kilograms how would those values change if you were on the moon

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Mallory Farley

Physics

25 August, 16:16

If your weight is 120 pounds and your mass is 54 kilograms how would those values change if you were on the moon

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Colin Brandt · Answer 1

The gravitation acceleration on the moon is different than on Earth. It is 1.6 m/s^2. If you weigh 120 lbs, then you would multiply 120 pounds by the gravitational acceleration on the moon and then divide by the acceleration on Earth.

(120 lbs * 1.6) / 9.8 = 20 pounds.

The mass will always be the same no matter what planet you’re on, so it’s still 54 kg.