Q1: Ella has a mass of 84.0 kg. If she should be lucky enough to travel in space in her lifetime she would...

Question

Q1: Ella has a mass of 84.0 kg. If she should be lucky enough to travel in space in her lifetime she would... 

i) go to the moon, where gravity is a mere 1.6 m/s^2, and set up a basketball game where the rim of the net is 3.0 m high. 

ii) visit Jupiter where his weight would be 2100 N {down}

What is the lunar weight of Ella? How fast must she jump from the surface to arrive at the basket rim with no velocity? What is the acceleration of gravity on Jupiter? Research why the g value on Jupiter is inaccurate and difficult to pinpoint exactly.

Answer 1

Lunar weight - mg, m = 84, g = 1.6

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v² = u² + 2as

v = 0. a = -1.6, s = 3, solve for u

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mg = 2100

m = 84

solve for g

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The research you can do yourself