To increase the acceleration due to gravity, we will place the new station in a shorter radius which is 1.2 RE.
<h3>What is acceleration due to gravity?</h3>
This is free fall of an object under the influence of gravitational pull.
The acceleration due to gravity of the new station due to Earth's gravity is calculated as follows;
where;
g is the acceleration due to gravity
G is gravitational constant
M is the mass of the earth
R is the radius of the earth
To increase the acceleration due to gravity, the radius of the earth must be decreased. Thus, we will place the new station in a shorter radius which is 1.2 RE.
The object accelerates <em>from</em> 45 meters per second <em>to </em>10 meters per second in 5 seconds. Therefore,
Substitute the values into the formula.
Solve the numerator.
Divide.
The acceleration of the object is -7 meters per square second. The acceleration is negative because the object's velocity decreases and the object slows down.