Find the magnitude of the gravitational force a 63.5 kg person would experience while standing on the surface of Earth with a mass of 5.98 * 1024 kg and a radius of 6.37 * 106 m. The universal gravitational constant is 6.673 * 10-11 N · m2 / kg2. Answer in units of N

Answer: 3976N

Explanation:

Using the formula for calculating gravitational force between two masses, we have

F = GMm/r^2

Where G is the gravitational constant

M and m are the masses

r is the distance between the masses

F = 6.673 * 10-¹¹ * 5.98 * 10²⁴ * 63.5 / (6.37 * 10^6) ^2

F = 2.533*10^16/6.37*10^12

F = 0.3976*10⁴N

F = 3976N