17. The weight of an object on a given planet can be found by using the formula W = mg, where W is the weight of the object measured in newtons, m is the mass of the object measured in kilograms, and g is the acceleration due to gravity on the planet measured in meters per second squared. An object on Earth has a weight of 150 newtons. If the acceleration on earth is 9.8 m/sec?, on Mercury it is 3.6, on Saturn it is 11.1 and on Jupiter it is 26, on which planet would the same object have an approximate weight of 170 newtons?

Saturn

Explanation:

W = mg

150 N = m (9.8 m/s²)

m = 15.3 kg

W = mg

170 N = (15.3 kg) g

g = 11.1 m/s²

The planet is Saturn.

russian is not my first language, so i'm afraid i can't write out an answer in russian, but hopefully you can find a way to do so. here's my best translation of the problem: you're given a plot of a particle's position in one-dimensional space over time, and you're asked to find either the total distance traveled by the particle after 6 seconds had elapsed, or the total displacement of the particle after 6 seconds.

if you want the total distance traveled, you would first need to determine the particle's velocity as a function of time, then integrate that over the 6-second interval. we know the position function is quadratic with roots at 0 and 6, so we have

where is unknown. because the position is parabolic, there is symmetry about the midpoint at , and we know that

so that the position function is

which means the velocity is

then the total distance traveled is

so the total distance traveled is 20 m.

on the other hand, if you want to find displacement: the particle starts at and ends at , so its displacement is 0.

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