Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 53SP
An object has a mass of 300 g. (a) What is its weight on Earth? (b) What is its mass on the Moon? (c) What will be its acceleration on the Moon under the action of a 0.500-N resultant force?
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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