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Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, how much would a body weigh half way down to the centre of earth if it weighed 250 N on the surface?

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Weight of body at a depth, d= mg'
`=mxxg(1-(d)/(R ))=250(1-((R )/(2))/(R ))=125N`
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