Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6:50pm.

Sally has a mass of 58.0 kg and Earth has a mass of 5.98 1024 kg. The radius of Earth is 6.371 106 m. What is the force of gravitational attraction between Sally and Earth? What is Sally's weight?

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6:53pm
Use Newton's law.

force=G Me*Ms/r^2

I bet it turns out to be 58*9.8 N

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