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ninjagowoowoo
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Q:
A mass of 5.000 kg is sitting on the Earth's surface directly under the sun during a solar eclipse. The sun exerts a gravitational force with magnitude Fs on the mass. The moon's gravitational force on the mass has magnitude Fm. Calculate the ratio Fs / Fm.
This problem is really frustrating me. For the object, wouldn't Fm be mg = 5*9.8?
Then wouldn't the Fs be (mass of the sun)(mass of earth)/R^2 ?
So wouldn't it be the Fs divided by Fm? Please help??!
A mass of 5.000 kg is sitting on the Earth's surface directly under the sun during a solar eclipse. The sun exerts a gravitational force with magnitude Fs on the mass. The moon's gravitational force on the mass has magnitude Fm. Calculate the ratio Fs / Fm.
This problem is really frustrating me. For the object, wouldn't Fm be mg = 5*9.8?
Then wouldn't the Fs be (mass of the sun)(mass of earth)/R^2 ?
So wouldn't it be the Fs divided by Fm? Please help??!