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Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of moon is1.67ms2 . If the mass of earth is 80 times that of moon then the ratio of radii of earth to the moon is

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a

45.6

b

3.65

c

36.5

d

0.456

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

We have g=GMR2 

Where M is the mass of the planet, R is the radius and Gis the gravitational constant.

gMR2

RMg

We can get RERM=MEgEMmoongmoon=MEMmoon×gmoongearth

=80×1.6710=13.36=3.65

RE:RM=3.65

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Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of moon is1.67 ms−2 . If the mass of earth is 80 times that of moon then the ratio of radii of earth to the moon is