Mass and Weight: An object has a mass of 60 kg on Earth. What are the mass and weight of this object on the surface of the Moon where the acceleration due to gravity is only 1/6 of what it is on Earth?

What will be an ideal response?


mass = 60 kg, weight = 98 N

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