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answer the following questions in complete sentences.
- explain how gravity affects your weight on different planets.
- describe a real - life example of magnetism that you have seen or used.
- what did isaac newton relate with the force pulling an apple to the ground?
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- two spherical objects have masses of 200 kg and 500 kg. their centers are separated by a distance of 25 m. find the gravitational attraction between them.
- two spherical objects have masses of 1.5 x 10^5 kg and 8.5 x 10^2 kg. their centers are separated by a distance of 2500 m. find the gravitational attraction between them.
- two spherical objects have masses of 3.1 x 10^5 kg and 6.5 x 10^3 kg. the gravitational attraction between them is 65 n. how far apart are their centers?
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Weight is the force exerted on an object due to gravity. The gravitational acceleration ($g$) varies on different planets. Using the formula $W = mg$ (where $W$ is weight, $m$ is mass, and $g$ is gravitational - acceleration), since mass is constant but $g$ changes from planet to planet, weight also changes. For example, on Earth $g\approx9.8\ m/s^{2}$, while on Mars $g\approx3.71\ m/s^{2}$, so a person would weigh less on Mars than on Earth.
One common real - life example of magnetism is the use of a refrigerator magnet. The magnet sticks to the metal surface of the refrigerator due to the magnetic force between the magnet and the metal. The magnetic domains in the magnet align with the magnetic properties of the metal, creating an attractive force.
Isaac Newton related the force pulling an apple to the ground (gravity on Earth) to the force that keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth. He proposed the universal law of gravitation, which states that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.
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Weight is determined by the formula $W = mg$, where mass is constant but gravitational - acceleration varies on different planets, thus affecting weight.