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Question
How is the acccelaration due to gravity on the surface of the earth realted to its mass and radius ?
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Solution
Let g be the acceleration due to gravity on the Earth's surface (mass = M and radius = R).
Then , `"g" = "Gm"/"R"^2` .
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