College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 5, Problem 45P
* When you stand on a bathroom scale here on Earth, it reads 540 N. (a) What would your mass be on Mars, Venus, and Saturn? (b) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force each planet would exert on you if you stood on their surface? (c) What assumptions did you make?
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