A(n) 92.2 kg boxer has his first match in the Canal Zone with gravitational acceleration 9.5m/s2 and his second match at the North Pole with gravitational acceleration 10 m/s2.

Question

A(n) 92.2 kg boxer has his first match in the Canal Zone with gravitational acceleration 9.5m/s² and his second match at the North Pole with gravitational acceleration 10 m/s².

What is his mass at the North Pole?

Answer 1

This question is intentionally tricky. It gives you a bunch of irrelevant information to make you think about how much the boxer would weigh at the North Pole. The question is actually what the boxer's mass would be at the North Pole. Mass, unlike weight, does not change depending on where you are in the universe. Mass is defined as the amount of matter an object contains. Unless he grows more muscle on the trip, the 92.2 kg boxer has a mass of 92.2 kg in the Canal Zone, on the North Pole, and on the Moon.