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The acceleration due to gravity at a place is 0.2 m/s. Find its height above the earth's surface.

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3800km

20,000km

20034km

4000km

answer is C.

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Value of acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ decreases if we go above the surface of earth. Equation of gravity:

g = \frac{GM}{R^{2}}

w h ere, M = mass of eart h,

R = radius of sp h ere of eart h,

G = universal gravitationa l constant,

Given,

g_{h} = \frac{0.2 m}{s^{2}}

g_{e} = \frac{9.8 m}{s^{2}}

R = 6400 km

(a) value of ‘g’ at height ’h’:

\frac{g_{h}}{g_{e}} = \frac{{(R_{e} - h)}^{2}}{{(R_{e})}^{2}}

0.2 / 9.8 = {(1 - \frac{h}{6400})}^{2}

⸫ 0.020 = 1 - \frac{h^{2}}{6400^{2}}

- \frac{h^{2}}{6400^{2}} = 0.020 - 1

- \frac{h^{2}}{6400^{2}} = - 0.98

\frac{h}{6400} = 3.1304

h = 3.1304 * 6400

= 20034 km

Therefore, height above the earth is 20,034km.

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