Homework Help: physics

Posted by asia on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 9:54pm.

What is the distance from the Earth's center to a point outside the Earth where the gravitational acceleration due to the Earth is 1/22 of its value at the Earth's surface?
_ m

physics - bobpursley, Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:00pm
1/22= (Re)^2/(R)^2
solve for R
physics - asia, Friday, December 18, 2009 at 11:13pm
whats re?
physics - drwls, Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 1:40am
Re is the radius of the Earth-- about 6400 km

Answer this Question

Related Questions

Physics - What is the distance from the Earth's center to a point outside ...
physics - What is the distance from the Earth's center to a point outside ...
colllege physics - What is the distance from the Earth's center to a point ...
phy - What is the distance from the Earth's center to a point outside the ...
physics - Find the distance (measured in earth radii, RE) from the center of the...
Astro - What is the distance in meters from the Earth's center to a point ...
Physics - At the heighest point on earth, the distance to the center of the ...
precalculus - The acceleration acting on a falling object due to gravity varies ...
physics - If the earth acceleration due to gravity on a mass of 2000kg on the ...
calculus - (1 pt) The acceleration due to gravity, g, is given by g = (G*M)/(r^2...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: