<span>the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.</span>
Answer:

Explanation:
Using Kepler's third law, we can relate the orbital periods of the planets and their average distances from the Sun, as follows:

Where
and
are the orbital periods of Mercury and Earth respectively. We have
and
. Replacing this and solving for

Answer:
42 minutes
Explanation:
First, let us find out the time required by the roommate, who is driving the truck, to reach the city.
We know that,

Now, you are planning to rest a bit after traveling for an hour. So,
distance covered in that 1 hour = 
time required by you to cover the total distance = 
If you wish reach at the destination half an hour (0.5 h) before your roommate, you can expend a total of
throughout your journey.
Hence, you can rest for 