Schwarzschild Radius and gravitational constant

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unseentango

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Dec 3, 2008

hi, i am trying to figure out the Schwarzschild Radius of myself but i don't know how to find the gravitational constant in the equation. G=6.67 x 10^-11N(M/kg)². What do i plug in on the N(M/kg)²? is that my mass and KG? Earth's? not quite sure... please let me know. Thank you

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unseentango

Dec 3, 2008

i am an idiot, didn't realize N(M/kg)2 was a unit of measurement.

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