Multiple Choice
A 400-N person stands on the surface of Earth. If he were somehow able to stand on a ladder so that he was twice as far from the center of Earth, he would weigh
A) 0 N.
B) 100 N.
C) 200 N.
D) 400 N.
This would be because
E) he would be above the atmosphere.
F) his mass would be the same wherever he was.
G) the force due to gravity obeys the inverse square law.
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