document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=976694>Question 976694</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The radius of the earth is approximately 4000 miles. If a person weighs 160 pounds on the earth's surface, what would this individual weigh 8000 miles above the surface of the earth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8000 miles AGL = 12000 miles from the center.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 times the distance --> 1/9 the weight.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 160/9 pounds<BR>\n" );
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