Question: The doozy is defined as the unit of force required to accelerate a unit of mass, called the cuz, with the gravitational acceleration on the

The doozy is defined as the unit of force required to accelerate a unit of mass, called the cuz, 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 natural unit to the derived unit in this system? (Give both its numerical value and its units.) 

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

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