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1. Calculate the average gravitational force exerted on a 62kg woman on the surface of the earth (2 marks)
2. On a remote planet, a person of mass 60kg weighs 60N
a)what is the acceleration due to gravity on that planet?
b)If the radius of that planet is 9000km, what is its mass?
 

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I might be wrong but wouldn't you use F=ma for the first two questions excluding b?
 

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b) you can just apply g=Gm/r^2 since you have g from part a)
 

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