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Find the percentage decrease in the wight of the body when taken to a heigh of `16 km` above the surface of Earth. Radius of the earth is `6400 km`.

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To find the percentage decrease in the weight of a body when taken to a height of 16 km above the surface of the Earth, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Understand the relationship between weight and gravitational acceleration The weight of a body is given by the formula: \[ W = mg \] where \( m \) is the mass of the body and \( g \) is the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the Earth. ### Step 2: Calculate the new gravitational acceleration at height \( h \) ...
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