Imagine you are standing atop a ladder so tall that you are 3 times as far from Earth's center as compared to the surface. What would be your weight at the top, relative to your weight at the surface?

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Answer:

Weight will become [tex]\frac{1}{9}[/tex] times of previous weight

Explanation:

Acceleration due to gravity is given by [tex]g=\frac{GM}{R^2}[/tex] , G is gravitational constant , M is mass of earth and R is the radius of the earth

From the relation we can see that

[tex]g\propto\frac{1}{R^2}[/tex]

So [tex]\frac{g_{top}}{g}=\frac{3R^2}{R^2}[/tex] ( As it is given that you are standing at 3 times as far from compared to earth center )

So [tex]g_{top}=\frac{g}{9}[/tex]

As weight of the body is [tex]w=mg[/tex] , mass is constant and in new case acceleration due to gravity becomes  [tex]g_{top}=\frac{g}{9}[/tex] so weight will also become [tex]\frac{1}{9}[/tex] times of previous weight