College Physics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 12MCP
If human beings ever travel to a planet whose mass and radius are both twice that of the earth, their weight on that planet will be
- A. equal to their weight on earth.
- B. twice their weight on earth.
- C. half their weight on earth.
- D. one-fourth their weight on earth.
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