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OpenStudy (rane):

@Zale101

OpenStudy (zale101):

why is the acceleration due to gravity is less "dwn" the "mine" compare to surfce of the earth dwn u mean down? and mine?

OpenStudy (rane):

yes

OpenStudy (zale101):

and mine is mine, is that what you wrote?

OpenStudy (rane):

why is the acceleration due to gravity is less down the mine compare to surfce of the earth?

OpenStudy (zale101):

the force of gravity lessens as the object falls down the mine, the more you get closes to earht's center the more the weight and gravitational force decreases

OpenStudy (rane):

the more you get closes to earht's center the more the weight and gravitational force decreases y is that ?

OpenStudy (rane):

earth's *

OpenStudy (zale101):

gravitational force is 1/a^2 i think i was wrong, the more you go deeper it increases

OpenStudy (rane):

so the mass ad gravitataional acceleration increases?

OpenStudy (zale101):

earth's mass is under us as we know and the more you get closer to it the more it pulls you down

Parth (parthkohli):

the acceleration due to gravity surprisingly decreases as we go up and as we go down. it's the highest on the surface of earth.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[F _{g} = GMm/r^2\] As you go deeper, r decreases, and M also decreases, but the change in M is negligible for a mining tunnel, but as you go significantly deeper the gravitational force will start to decrease at some point until you reach the center of the earth where M = 0 so Fg = 0

OpenStudy (zale101):

yes, that formula! i forgot it ;-;

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