Physics

Problem

A body weighs

980\,\text{N}

on the surface of the Earth. Assuming the altitude is small compared with the Earth’s radius, at what height above the surface will its weight decrease to

960\,\text{N}

? Take

R_{\text{Earth}} = 6.4 \times 10^{6}\,\text{m}

and

g = 9.8\,\text{m s}^{-2}

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