document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1202545>Question 1202545</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 25,000 pounds at a distance of 100,000 miles from the center of the earth, how much would it weigh 5000 miles from the center of the earth? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The second distance is 5000/100000 = 1/20 of the first distance.  Since the variation is inversely as the square of the distance, the second weight is 20^2 = 400 times the first weight.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 25,000 * 400 = 10,000,000 pounds<br><BR>\n" );
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