Student Workbook for Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Vol 1. (Chs 1-21)
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Chapter 13, Problem 10EAP
A sensitive gravimeter at a mountain observatory finds that the free-fall acceleration is 0.0075 m/s2 less than that at sea level. What is the observatory’s altitude?
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