SOLUTION: The weight of a body on or above the surface of the earth varies inversely with the square of the distance from the body to the center of the earth. If a body weighs 6,000 pounds a

Question 1202489: The weight of a body on or above the surface of the earth varies inversely with the square of the distance from the body to the center of the earth. If a body weighs 6,000 pounds at a distance of 10,000 miles from the center of the earth, how much would it weigh 5,000 miles from the center of the earth?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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weight of a body on or above the surface of the earth varies inversely with the square of the distance from the body to the center of the earth.
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w, weight
d, distance from center
k, variation constant

and you can work through the rest.
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