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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Word problems give me a hard time, please help me understand: The weight of a person varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the Earth. If a person weighs 175 pounds on the surface of the earth (r= 4000 miles) how much will he weight at 1000 miles above the Earth's surface?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
43 pounds
OpenStudy (anonymous):
How did you get that? lol. I get the answer but I really wanna know how you do the math to get the answer, if you don't mind.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
you just have to divide
OpenStudy (anonymous):
What am I dividing? lol
OpenStudy (anonymous):
lol 4000/1000 (when you silmplfy)you get 4 then 175/4 you get 43
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