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Earth has a mass of 5.97x10^24kg and a radius of 6.38x10^6m. Find the wight of a 65.0kg person on the surface of the earth and 1000km above the surface of earth?

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1. Weight= forceGravity=G*Me*65/(radiusearth+1000E3)^2

notice I put 1000km in meters..

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