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A body weighs 100 N on the surface of Earth. What will be the acceleration due to gravity acting on the body at a height of 3400 km above Earth's surface? Taking the mass of Earth=6×1024 kg, Radius of earth=6.4×106 m and G=6.7×1011 Nm2kg2.


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6.18 ms2

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9.8 ms2

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6 ms2

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4.18 ms2

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Solution

The correct option is B

9.8 ms2


Given, mass of earth M=6×1024 kg, Radius of earth R=6.4×106 m, height h=3.4×106 m and G=6.7×1011 Nm2kg2.

The value of g at a height h above the earth's surface is given by

g=GM(R+h)2
=6.7×1011×6×1024(6.4×106+3.4×106)2.

On solving we get g=4.18 ms2


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