Consider a planet that has two layers.  There is a core, which has density 9.9 x 103 kg/m3 and radius 3.9 x 106 m, and then there is a crust, which has density 4.9 x 103 kg/m3 and sits on top of the core.  The planet has a total radius of 16.9 x 106 m.  Calculate the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of this planet, in N/kg.  Use G = 6.7 x 10-11 N m2/ kg2.

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Consider a planet that has two layers.  There is a core, which has density 9.9 x 103 kg/m3 and radius 3.9 x 106 m, and then there is a crust, which has density 4.9 x 103 kg/m3 and sits on top of the core.  The planet has a total radius of 16.9 x 106 m.  Calculate the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of this planet, in N/kg.  Use G = 6.7 x 10-11 N m2/ kg2.
 

(Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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