Question #a4bc2

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Jun 24, 2015

I found 500N

Explanation:

Considering that the weight of the astronaut is given as:
W=700N=m_a*g=m_a*[G*m_(earth)/R_(earth)^2] where:
G is the Universal Gravitational Constant:
R_(earth) is the earth's radius;
m_(earth) is the earth's mass.

Now if we use the data for the other planet we get:
m=3m_(earth)
R=2R_(earth)
W=m_a*g_(?)=m_a*[G*(3m_(earth))/(4R_(earth)^2)]
so:
m_a*[G*m_(earth)/R^2]*3/4=3/4*700=525~~500N