How Much Does Gravity Affect Weight on Mercury?

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Mercury has a mass of 3.30 x10^23 kg and a radius of 2.44 x10^6 m.
(a) What is the acceleration due to gravity on Mercury?
m/s2

(b) How much would a 5.94 kg person weigh on this planet?
Ni honestly have no idea how to do this... help please!
 
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