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Somewhere you place a 8 kg pumpkin on a spring scale. If the scale reads 64 N, what is the acceleration due to gravity at that location? 09.8 m/s² 08 m/s² 09.8 m/s² 032 m/s²

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Somewhere you place a 8 kg pumpkin on a spring scale. If the
scale reads 64 N, what is the acceleration due to gravity at that
location?
09.8 m/s²
08 m/s²
09.8 m/s²
32 m/s²

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