Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Gravitation - Problems - Page 379: 5

Answer

$R_B=0.8m$

Work Step by Step

The distance of black hole $R_B$ can be determined through the following steps: 1-The two gravitational forces must be equal for the given condition. That is, $\frac{Gm_{person}M_E}{R_E^2}=\frac{Gm_{person}M_B}{R_B^2}$ Where $m_{person}$, $M_E$, $M_B$,$R_E$, $R_B$ are the mass of person, mass of Earth, mass of black hole, radius of Earth and radius of black hole respectively 2-After simplification, we obtain: $\frac{M_E}{R_E^2}=\frac{M_B}{R_B^2}$ 3-$R_B=R_E\sqrt{\frac{M_B}{M_E}}$ 4-We plug in the known values to obtain: $R_B=6.4\times 10^6\sqrt{\frac{1\times 10^{11}}{5.97\times 10^{24}}}$ $R_B=0.8m$
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