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 2MCP
An astronaut is floating happily outside her spaceship, which is orbiting the earth at a distance above the earth’s surface equal to 1 earth radius. The astronaut’s weight is
- A. zero.
- B. equal to her normal weight on earth.
- C. half her normal weight on earth.
- D. one-fourth her normal weight on earth.
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