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5 bytes added, 09:06, 12 March 2019
Calculating Weight from Mass and Gravitational Field Strength
g<sub>Earth</sub> = 9.8[[N/kg]]
<math>W \approx 250N </math>
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''1. State the known quantities in [[SI Unit]]s.'''m = 550[[kg]]
g<sub>The Moon</sub> = 1.6[[N/kg]]
<math>W \approx 140N </math>|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''2. [[Substitute (Maths)|Substitute]] the numbers into the [[equation]] and [[Solve (Maths)|solve]].'''
<math>W = m \times g </math>
<math>W = 245N </math>
 
<math>W \approx 250N </math>
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''2. [[Substitute (Maths)|Substitute]] the numbers into the [[equation]] and [[Solve (Maths)|solve]].'''
<math>W = m \times g </math>
<math>W = 136N </math>
 
<math>W \approx 140N </math>
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