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Chapter 13, Problem 20P
Mile-high building. In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed the construction of a mile-high building in Chicago. Suppose the building had been constructed. Ignoring Earth’s rotation, find the change in your weight if you were to ride an elevator from the street level, w here you weigh 600 N, to the top of the building.
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