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Buzz Aldrin is riding his lunar module "The Falcon" down to the moon’s surface. He is wearing his backpack, which weighs 1300 N on Earth. During the descent, he is decelerating at a rate of 1.0 m/s2 . What is the apparent weight of his backpack during the descent? (It may be helpful to know that the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1/6th the value it is on Earth. Also,

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Answer:349.07 N

Explanation:

Given

Weight of Buzz =1300 N on earth

Thus mass [tex]m=\frac{1300}{9.8}=132.65 kg[/tex]

it is given that it is decelerating at the rate of 1 m/s^2

Apparent weight is [tex]F_{net}[/tex]

[tex]F_{net}=Mg_m-ma[/tex]

here [tex]a =-1 m/s^2[/tex] as it is decelerating

[tex]F_{net}=132.56\times \frac{g}{6}+132.56\times 1[/tex]

[tex]F_{net}=216.51+132.56=349.07 N[/tex]

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