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Posted by Jennifer on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 7:08pm.

You weigh yourself at the top of a high mountain and the scale reads 720N. If your mass is 75K, what is the acceleration of gravity at your location?

Science - drwls, Monday, March 24, 2008 at 8:31pm
Since Weight = Mg, the local value of g = Weight/M = 720/75 m/s^2
Science - bob, Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 8:38pm
what drwls said was wrong....

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