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A body weight , is projected vertically upwards from earth's surface to reach a height above the earth which is equal to nine times the radius of earth. The weight of the body at that height will be:
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Final distance from the centre of earth wil be .
Now acceleration due to gravity at any height(distance from centre r) is given by,
.
Therefore,
Now, value of at surface will be, .
Hence,
.
Then,
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