Question #6417706Single Choice

Physics

Question

A rocket of 2.5 x 10kg moves from Earth to the moon. The mass of the Earth is me = 5.97 × 1024kg. Calculate the Earth’s gravitational force on the rocket when its distance from the Earth is 1.0 x 109 m. (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N m-2 kg-2)

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A
    9.95 N
B
    8.95 N
C
    10.95 N
D
    9.81 N

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