College Physics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 2MCP
The accelerations due to gravity near the surfaces of the moon, the earth, and Jupiter are 1.6 m/s2. 9.8 m/s2, and 26 m/s2, respectively. Assuming that you like chocolate cake, which would you rather have:
- A. a piece of cake that weighs 1 N on earth.
- B. a piece of cake that weighs 1 N on the moon.
- C. a piece of cake that weighs 1 N on Jupiter.
- D. The weight doesn’t matter, the amount of cake is the same in all three cases.
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