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A 70 kilogram mountaineer is standing on the summit of Mt. Everest. The distance between the mountaineer and the center of Earth is 6.39 × 106 meters. What is the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the mountaineer? (The value of G is 6.673 × 10-11 newton meter2/kilogram2. The mass of Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms.)

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