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In older times, people used to think that the Earth was flat. Imagine that the Earth is indeed not a sphere of radius R, but an infinite plate of thickness H. What value of H is needed to allow the same gravitational acceleration to be experienced as on the surface of the actual Earth ? (Assume that the Earth’s density is uniform and equal in the two models.)

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a

2R3

b

4R3

c

8R3

d

R3

answer is A.

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Gauss law for gravitation
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 g.ds=min.4πG
 g=GMR2
2×GMR2×A=M43πR3(h×A)×4πG 
  h=2R3 

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In older times, people used to think that the Earth was flat. Imagine that the Earth is indeed not a sphere of radius R, but an infinite plate of thickness H. What value of H is needed to allow the same gravitational acceleration to be experienced as on the surface of the actual Earth ? (Assume that the Earth’s density is uniform and equal in the two models.)