A ball weighs 15lb on earth and 5.7 pounds on mars. What is the constant proportionality between weight of an object on mars and earh?

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02-10-2017
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A ball weighs 15lb on earth and 5.7 pounds on mars. What is the constant proportionality between weight of an object on mars and earh?

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fencingparry4 fencingparry4 · Answer 1 · 2017-10-02T23:07:13+02:00

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02-10-2017

So its asking you to find the gravity on earth relative to the gravity on mars.

Set up an equation to figure out the difference between the two gravities

[tex]15x=5.7

x=5.7/15[/tex]
x=.38

I don't know what constant of proportionality is in this context but a ball on mars would weigh .38 the amount that it does on earth.

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