Suppose one night the radius of the earth doubled but its mass stayed the same. What would be an approximate new value for the free-fall acceleration at the surface of the earth?A. 2.5 m/s2           B. 5.0 m/s2          C. 10 m/s2           D. 20 m/s2

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Suppose one night the radius of the earth doubled but its mass stayed the same. What would be an approximate new value for the free-fall acceleration at the surface of the earth?
A. 2.5 m/s2           B. 5.0 m/s2          C. 10 m/s2           D. 20 m/s2

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