Newtons laws/weight/acceleration/force

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Homework Statement



Please help I'm terrible with physics =[

1) If r is the radius of the Earth, how far above the surface of the Earth would you have to go so that your true weight is one-fourth of what it is on the surface of the Earth?

a) r
b) 2r
c) 3r
d) 4r

The only formulas I was given are in the attachment

Also I need help another question also in the attachment. Sorry if the picture is blurry that's the best I could make it. 1) For the first question my intuition tells me its 4 but I'm not 100% sure.
2) I am literally clueless for the second one
 
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  • Worked example of weight on Earth versus Moon: g_Moon = (1/6) g_Earth; on Earth W = 60 kg x 9.8 m/s^2 = 600 N; on the Moon W = 60 kg x (1/6)(9.8 m/s^2) = 100 N, each result boxed in red.
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  • Screenshot of a textbook problem showing a woman standing on a bathroom scale atop a box, inside an elevator with an arrow indicating upward motion, with labels for scale 1 and scale 2 and multiple-choice answer options.
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