Gravitational Mass and Location – Rankers Physics
Topic: Gravitation
Subtopic: Acceleration Due to Gravity and its variation

Gravitational Mass and Location

Assertion (A): If a body is taken from earth to moon, its gravitational mass becomes one-sixth on moon.
Reason (R): Gravitational mass depends upon acceleration due to gravity.
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Mass is an intrinsic property of a body and does not change with location or acceleration due to gravity. Only weight \(W = mg\) changes. Therefore, both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.

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