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daltonest1984

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How far must one travel to escape Earth's gravitational field?
 
  A) to a region above Earth's atmosphere
  B) to a region well beyond the Moon
  C) to a region beyond the solar system
  D) forget it; you can't travel far enough.

Question 2

If your mass, the mass of Earth, and the mass of everything in the solar system were twice as much as it is now, yet everything stayed the same size, your weight on Earth would
 
  A) be the same.
  B) double.
  C) quadruple.
  D) be eight times as much as now.
  E) none of the above



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vkodali

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




daltonest1984

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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