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Posted by Dee on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10:50pm.

The weight of an object is the same on two different planets. The mass of planet A is only forty-five percent that of planet B. Find the ratio rA/rB of the radii of the planets.

physics - drwls, Friday, February 8, 2013 at 8:15am
mA/rA^2 = mB/RB^2 since the weights are equal.

rA^2/rB^2 = mA/MB = 0.45
rA/rB = sqrt(0.45) = 0.671

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