Question

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!! Using 6400 km as the radius of Earth, calculate how high above Earth’s surface you would have to be in order to weigh 1/16th of your current weight. Show all work leading to your answer OR describe your solution using 3 -4 complete sentences.

Answer 1

@ghuczek

Answer 2

@Kainui

Answer 3

@kl0723

Answer 4

Somebody please help me ):

Answer 5

I'm so frustrated with this I'm literally getting mad..

Answer 6

you know Weight = mg

and now you want to weigh 1/16th.. so its obvious that g --> g/16.

So your new question is at what height is g --> 1/16 th of the g on the surface. ya?

Answer 7

I have no clue.. I'm so lost

Answer 8

I don't know my current weight so how would I do this??? @1497

Answer 9

The weight of an object is due to the attractive force of gravity.
The gravitational attraction of the earth decreases as the inverse square of the distance from the centre, for points outside the earth.

Answer 10

@1497 still lost. i have no idea what you're even talking about.. They didn't yeah me how to do this.. I'm the type of person that has to be showed how to do something before I even begin to understand..

Answer 11

Teach* not yeah

Answer 12

@jakematt24 lol why are you here

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@Kobek

Answer 14

@lizzyrockefeller

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@Loser66

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@NoelGreco @nechirwan @NathaliaMA13 @NathanHill1089

Answer 17

IDK, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY... :)

Answer 18

@dan815 @bibby please help

Answer 19

That is the hardest question ive ever seen in my life. good luck. only a geek woud know that one. no offense. lol