A new planet MPAW, Mystery Planet of Amazon Women, is discovered between Venus and Earth. A 5,185 N object on Earth only weighs 2,714 N on the new planet. What is the strength of the new planet's gravitational field? Use g=10 m/s2 for Earth's gravity.

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Giovanna Shields

Physics

28 March, 06:24

A new planet MPAW, Mystery Planet of Amazon Women, is discovered between Venus and Earth. A 5,185 N object on Earth only weighs 2,714 N on the new planet. What is the strength of the new planet's gravitational field? Use g=10 m/s2 for Earth's gravity.

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Lorelai Shepard · Answer 1

5.234 m/s^2

Explanation:

Weight (force due to gravity) is proportional to the acceleration due to gravity. For some g' on MPAW, the relation is ...

g'/g = (2714 N) / (5185 N)

g' = g (2714/5185) = (10 m/s^2) (2714/5185)

g' ≈ 5.234 m/s^2