Let an object weigh ma grams at a distance ra from the center of the Earth....
The weight (in pounds) w t(d) of an object varies inversely as the square of its distance (in thousands of miles) d from the center of Earth a. An astronaut weighs 180 pounds at sea level (about 4 thousand miles from Earth's center) Find an equation off b. How much would the astronaut weigh at 4 thousand miles above Earth's surface? pounds c. At what distance from the center of Earth would the astronaut weigh 1 pound? miles (Round to...
Consider a cylindrical capacitor like that shown in Fig. 24.6. Let d = rb − ra be the spacing between the inner and outer conductors. (a) Let the radii of the two conductors be only slightly different, so that d << ra. Show that the result derived in Example 24.4 (Section 24.1) for the capacitance of a cylindrical capacitor then reduces to Eq. (24.2), the equation for the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor, with A being the surface area of...