The earth does not have a uniform mass distribution. The core of the earth has a radius of3490 km and a mass of 1.93 x 102* kg. This is surrounded by the mantle with radii from3490 km to 6345 km and a mass of 4.01 x 1024 kg. Finally, this is all surrounded by thecrust with a thickness of 25 km and a mass of 3.94 × 1022 kg.d. If the earth were instead a sphere with a uniform mass density, show work to find thegravitational acceleration at a radius of 3490 km.

The expression for the gravitational acceleration can be given by, where, G is the gravitational…

The earth does not have a uniform mass distribution. The core of the earth has a radius of 3490 km and a mass of 1.93 x 1024 kg. This is surrounded by the mantle with radii from 3490 km to 6345 km and a mass of 4.01 × 1024 kg. Finally, this is all surrounded by the crust with a thickness of 25 km and a mass of 3.94 x 102² kg.

The earth does not have a uniform mass distribution. The core of the earth has a radius of 3490 km and a mass of 1.93 x 1024 kg. This is surrounded by the mantle with radii from 3490 km to 6345 km and a mass of 4.01 × 1024 kg. Finally, this is all surrounded by the crust with a thickness of 25 km and a mass of 3.94 x 102² kg.

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The earth does not have a uniform mass distribution. The core of the earth has a radius of
3490 km and a mass of 1.93 x 102* kg. This is surrounded by the mantle with radii from
3490 km to 6345 km and a mass of 4.01 x 1024 kg. Finally, this is all surrounded by the
crust with a thickness of 25 km and a mass of 3.94 × 1022 kg.
d. If the earth were instead a sphere with a uniform mass density, show work to find the
gravitational acceleration at a radius of 3490 km.

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