Homework Help: algebra

Posted by scott on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 8:50pm.

The force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the center of the earth. if you weigh 120 lbs on the surface of the earth, how much would you weigh 250 miles above the surface? (Earth's radius = 4000 miles)

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