EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
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Author: GIANCOLI
Publisher: VST
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Suppose you could double the mass of a planet but kept its volume the same. How would the acceleration of gravity, g, at the surface change?

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