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You and your friend are having a discussion about weight. He claims he weighs less on the 100th floor of a building that he does

on ground floor. Is he correct?

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balu736 [363]4 years ago

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No the acceleration of gravity on earth is still 9.8ms-2 unless he was on a different planet

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b) the police car will travel 273.8 m to catch up with the speeding car

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