Question

Item 9 The weight yy of an object on Jupiter is proportional to the weight xx of the object on Earth. An object that weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh 379.2 pounds on Jupiter. Write an equation that represents the situation. Then determine how much a rock that weighs 12.64 pounds on Jupiter would weigh on Earth.

Answer 1

The answer is that the rock weighs 5.26 pounds on Earth because Jupiter's magnetic pull is 2.4 times more than Earth's magnetic pull.