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    Calculus 1 Help: Solving Weight Formula for Distance

    That's what I'm confused about. I don't know what 12,756 stands for in the equation.
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    Calculus 1 Help: Solving Weight Formula for Distance

    Okay I had a calculus test and we got it back and I got this question wrong. I tried it again but I can't figure it out. The weight, w, in kg of an object is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, r, in km, from the center of the earth. Assume a stone of the ground has weight...