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on the surface of theearth ,the weight of a boy is 400N but on a mountainpeak his weight is 360N,Calculatethe value of ''g' on the peak of mountain

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User Osantana
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The value of g at sea level is 9.81 ms^-2.

The boy's mass is constant wherever he is in the universe but his weight will depend on the strength gravity where he is.

By proportion its value on the mountain peak is (360 /400) * 9.81

= 0.9 * 9.81 = 8.83 ms^-2 to nearest hundredth, (answer).

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