College Physics (10th Edition)
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Chapter 4, Problem 19P
|| A scientific instrument that weighs 85.2 N on the earth weighs 32.2 N at the surface of Mercury. (a) What is the acceleration due to gravity on Mercury? (b) What is the instrument’s mass on earth and on Mercury?
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