Use the equation relating mass and weight to solve the following problems.
Determine the weight of a 78.7-kg person on planet Earth.
Weight
N
A person weighs 554.0 Newtons on Earth. What is the person's mass (in kg)?
Mass
kg
An African elephant can reach heights of 13 feet and possess a mass of as much as 6100.0 kg. (Given: 1.00 N = .225 pounds)
Determine the weight of an African elephant in Newtons.
Determine the weight of an African elephant in pounds.
lb
About twenty percent of the National Football League weighs more than 300 pounds. At this weight, their Body Mass Index (BMI) places them at Grade 2 obesity, which is one step below morbid obesity. Determine the mass of a 1460.0-N football player.
On Earth, a scale shows that Pat Eatladee weighs 388.0 N.
What is Pat's mass?
What would the scale read on the moon where the gravitational field strength is 1.67 N/kg?
Scale Reading