A crate weighing 100 pounds on Earth is taken to the Moon. On the Moon it will have
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Correct answer to question 52 (Mechanical Comprehension): the same mass but less weight
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The crate contains the same matter wherever it goes, so its mass is unchanged. Weight is gravity's pull, and lunar gravity is about a sixth of Earth's, so it weighs roughly 17 pounds there.
Updated: November 2026
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