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Chloeellawright

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An object weighs 300 N. If the gravitational constant G were half of what it is currently, what would the weight of the object be?
 a. 300 N
  b. 150 N
  c. 75 N
  d. 600 N
  e. 450 N

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A planet has mass M = 8.00  1023 kg. The centripetal acceleration of an orbiting space station is equal to the gravitational acceleration on Earth's surface. What is the speed of the space station? (G = 6.67  1011 m3kg1s2)
 a. 7.30  106 m/s
  b. 5.34  1013 m/s
  c. 1.10  1017 m/s
  d. 1.20  1034 m/s


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HandsomeMarc

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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