The fern is defined as the unit of force required to accelerate a unit of mass, called

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The fern is defined as the unit of force required to accelerate a unit of mass, called the bung, with the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the moon, which is one-sixth of the normal gravitational acceleration on earth.

(a) What is the conversion factor that would be used to convert a force from the natu4ral unit to the derived unit in this system? (Give both its numerical value and its units).

(b) What is the weight in ferns of a 3-bung object on the moon? What does the same object weight in Lizard Lick, North Carolina?

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Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes

ISBN: 978-0471720638

3rd Edition

Authors: Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau

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