3 What is the force of gravity between the earth and mass of
20 kg placed on its surface?
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Answer:
Starting with the physics equation for the force of gravity, you can plug in the mass and radius of the Earth to calculate the force of gravity near the surface of the Earth.
The equation for the force of gravity is
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and it holds true no matter how far apart two masses are.
The gravitational force between a mass and the Earth is the object’s weight. Mass is considered a measure of an object’s inertia, and its weight is the force exerted on the object in a gravitational field. On the surface of the Earth, the two forces are related by the acceleration due to gravity: Fg = mg. Kilograms and slugs are units of mass; newtons and pounds are units of weight.
You can use Newton’s law of gravitation to get the acceleration due to gravity, g, on the surface of the Earth just by knowing the gravitational constant G, the radius of the Earth, and the mass of the Earth. The force on an object of mass m1 near the surface of the Earth is
F = m1g
This force is provided by gravity between the object and the Earth, according to Newton’s gravity formula, and so you can write
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The radius of the Earth, re, is about 6.38 × 106 meters, and the mass of the Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms. Putting in the numbers, you have
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Dividing both sides by m1 gives you the acceleration due to gravity:
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Newton’s law of gravitation gives you the acceleration due to gravity near the surface of the Earth: 9.8 meters/second2.
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