Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 92SP
Imagine a planet having a mass twice that of Earth and a radius equal to 1.414 times
that of Earth. Determine the acceleration due to gravity at its surface.
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