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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Suppose that the Earth retained its present mass but its radius was somehow compressed to three-eighths its present radius. What would be the value of g, the acceleration due to gravity, at the surface of this new, compact planet?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-GM/r^2 = g

OpenStudy (anonymous):

New R = 8/3r

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-GM/(64/9)r^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

And im lost as poop.

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