11. a) What is the weight (in newtons) of an 80 kg person at the Earth's surface? b) What is the weight of the same person on the surface of a planet with mass 8.0 x 1024 kg and a radius of 5.5 x 10' m? (G = 6.67 x 1011 N* m²/kg?)

11. a) What is the weight (in newtons) of an 80 kg person at the Earth's surface? b) What is the weight of the same person on the surface of a planet with mass 8.0 x 1024 kg and a radius of 5.5 x 10' m? (G = 6.67 x 1011 N* m²/kg?)

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a) What is the weight (in newtons) of an 80 kg person at the Earth's surface?
b) What is the weight of the same person on the surface of a planet with mass 8.0 x 1024
kg and a radius of 5.5 x 10' m? (G = 6.67 x 101 N* m?/kg?)

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