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raul_l
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Let's assume that there are no other forces acting besides the gravitational pull of the earth. If a body started falling from the surface how much time would it take before it reached the center of the earth?
It seems like an easy problem, but so far I have had no luck. So far I have only found acceleration as a function of distance (which is quite easy), which would be [tex] a=\frac{4G\pi \rho}{3}(r-s) [/tex] (rho: Earth's density, r: Earth's radius, s: traveled distance)
But that doesn't help me since I need acceleration (or velocity) as a function of time and I have no idea how to proceed.
It seems like an easy problem, but so far I have had no luck. So far I have only found acceleration as a function of distance (which is quite easy), which would be [tex] a=\frac{4G\pi \rho}{3}(r-s) [/tex] (rho: Earth's density, r: Earth's radius, s: traveled distance)
But that doesn't help me since I need acceleration (or velocity) as a function of time and I have no idea how to proceed.