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What Is the Difference in the Force of Gravity on a 1.0-Kg

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What is the difference in the force of gravity on a 1.0-kg mass at the bottom of the deepest ocean trench and that at the top of the highest mountain? Assume that g = 9.8 m/s2 at sea level.The radius of Earth at sea level is 6.37 ×\times 106 m.The deepest trench is the Marianas Trench,south of Guam,which has a depth
D = 1.103 ×\times 104 m below sea level.The highest mountain is Everest in Nepal,which has a height of h = 8.847 ×\times 103 m above sea level.The difference is


A) 0.061 N
B) 0.0067 N
C) 0.027 N
D) 0.034 N
E) 0.0062 N

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