SOLUTION: The weight of a body w varies inversely with the square of its distance from the center of Earth d. If a person weighs 160 pounds on the surface of Earth ,what is the person’s wei

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Question 1045948: The weight of a body w varies inversely with the square of its distance from the center of Earth d. If a person weighs 160 pounds on the surface of Earth ,what is the person’s weight 200 miles above the surface? (Assume that the radius of Earth is 4000 miles.)

Answer by ikleyn(52771)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The weight of a body w varies inversely with the square of its distance from the center of Earth d.
If a person weighs 160 pounds on the surface of Earth ,what is the person’s weight 200 miles above the surface?
(Assume that the radius of Earth is 4000 miles.)
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 = ,     ( = weight on the Earth surface,   = weight 200 miles above the surface)

 = ,

 = .


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