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cosmic_tears
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Hi everyone!
Ok, so here's the problem:
What would be the weight of the Earth if it were on the moon (just try and imagian that :). The masses of the moon and the earth, and their radiuses, are given.
I cannot see what's the trick here.
There are four possible options.
The one that seemed the most logical is :
(GmM)/(R+r)^2
where m - moon mass, M - Earth mass, R - Earth radius, r - moon radius.
But the material it's supposed to be related to is torques and moments of force... I don't see how it's related :-\
I'd be really thankful for help on how to approach this problem.
Thanks!
Tomer.
Ok, so here's the problem:
What would be the weight of the Earth if it were on the moon (just try and imagian that :). The masses of the moon and the earth, and their radiuses, are given.
I cannot see what's the trick here.
There are four possible options.
The one that seemed the most logical is :
(GmM)/(R+r)^2
where m - moon mass, M - Earth mass, R - Earth radius, r - moon radius.
But the material it's supposed to be related to is torques and moments of force... I don't see how it's related :-\
I'd be really thankful for help on how to approach this problem.
Thanks!
Tomer.