Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
A body weighs.72N on the surface of the ...

A body weighs.72N on the surface of the earth What is the gravitation force acting on it due to the earth at a height equal to half the radius of the earth from the surface?

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • FRICTION

    MBD PUBLICATION|Exercise QUISTION BANK|72 Videos

  • KINETICS THEORY OF GASES

    MBD PUBLICATION|Exercise QUESTION BANK|264 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A body weighs one Newton at the surface of the earth. What will be it’s weight at a height equal to half the radius of the earth ?

The earth is acted upon by the gravitational force of attraction due to the sun. Then why does the earth not fall towards the sun ?

The body weighs 100 N on the surface of the earth, then how much it would weigh at a depth of R/2 below the surface of the earth at radius R.

Most abundant metal on the surface of earth is :

What provides the centripetal force for the rotation of earth ?

MBD PUBLICATION-GRAVITATION-QUESTION BANK
  1. If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth becomes...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. The latitude at which the acceleration due to gravity is 25% of that a...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A body weighs.72N on the surface of the earth What is the gravitation ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. The radii of orbits of two satellites revolving around the earth are i...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The weight of two elements which combine with one another are in the r...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. The binding energy of an artificial satellite of mass 1000 kg orbiting...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Two bodies A ( of mass 1 kg ) and B (of mass 3 kg ) are dropped from h...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. what is greater? The attraction of earth for an apple or attraction of...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The speed of earth’s rotation about its axis is w0. Its speed is incre...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. What is the value of acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. The C.G.S, unit of universal gravitational constant is

    Text Solution

    |

  12. IN S.I. system the value of universal gravitational constant is ,

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A satellite is revolving around the earth in a circular orbit at a dis...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The value of acceleration due to gravity is 980 cm//s^2. What will be ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. What is the value of acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. If the mass of the planet is 4 times that of the earth and radius of t...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. If the value of acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the eart...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. If the mass of earth reduces to half its present value with no change ...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The height at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes g/9. (Wher...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. The latitude at which the acceleration due to gravity is 25% of that a...

    Text Solution

    |