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Question
A man weighing 60 kg in the Earth will weigh 1680 kg in the Sun. Why?
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Solution
Mass of the man = 60Kg
w = m × g
m = 60Kg, g = `(274.13"m")/"s"^2`
The sun’s gravtiational acceleration is 30 times more than that of the earth. So the person would weigh 16,447N on the surface of sun.
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