The weight of a body at the surface of earth is 18 N . The weight of the body at an altitude of 3200 km above the earth's surface is (given, radius of earth )
- (A)9.8 N
- (B)4.9 N
- (C)19.6 N
- (D)8 N✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
The acceleration due to gravity at a height above the surface falls off as , and the weight of a body scales in exactly the same way. With and , the ratio , so the weight is reduced by the factor . The weight at this altitude is .
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