College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
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Chapter 6, Problem 65GP
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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