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Suppose you are standing on a tall ladder. If your distance from the centre of the earth is 2 R, what will be your weight ?

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Weight, `W=(Gmm)/(r^(2))=(Gmm)/((2R)^(2))=(GMm)/(4R^(2))`
`=(1)/(4)((GMm)/(R^(2)))`
`=("weight on the surface of the earth")/(4)`
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