 | George Egbert Fisher - Algebra - 1900 - 438 pages
...cube whose edge is 9 inches, if it be known that the surface varies as the square of its edge ? 15. It has been found by experiment that the weight of a...varies inversely as the square of its distance from the centre of the earth. If a body weighs 30 pounds on the surface of the earth (approximately 4000 miles... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher - 1901 - 320 pages
...cube whose edge is 9 inches, if it be known that the surface varies as the square of its edge ? 15. It has been found by experiment that the weight of a...varies inversely as the square of its distance from the centre of the earth. If a body weighs 30 pounds on the surface of the earth (approximately 4000 miles... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1901 - 462 pages
...each other, what point of the stick rests on his shoulder ? 16. The weight of a body near the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. If the radius of the earth is 4000 miles, what would be the weight of a 4-lb. brick at the distance of... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1902 - 620 pages
...each other, what point of the stick rests on his shoulder ? 16. The weight of a body near the- earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. If the radius of the earth is 4000 miles, what would be the weight of a 4-lb. brick at the distance of... | |
 | Lynn Banks McMullen - Physics - 1906 - 474 pages
...mass of the body, are constant quantities. Hence, the weight of a body above the surface of the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. AO- OB $§!======— --0. EQUATION 19. (1) Let A and B (Fig. 67) represent unit masses at unit distance.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Heat-engines - 1907 - 456 pages
...in the spherical vessel. 23. Jutenslty of Radiation. — The intensity of radiant heat received by a body varies inversely as the square of its distance from the source of heat. This is easily seen by a FIG. 2 FiG. 3 study of Fig. 3, in which a and b are two plates... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1908 - 442 pages
...will be the time of vibration there of a pendulum 10 in. long ? Use logarithms in calculation. 6. If the weight of a body varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth, what will be the weight of an object that weighs 16 Ib. at sea level, 3963 mi. from the center, at... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1908 - 480 pages
...at half this speed, if its diameter were increased 1 inch ? 15. The weight of a body near the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. If the radius of the earth is 4000 miles, what would be the weight of a 4-pound brick 4000 miles above... | |
 | Jacob William Albert Young, Lambert Lincoln Jackson - Algebra - 1908 - 460 pages
...neighborhood is the cause of their weight. The law of gravitation states that the weight of a given body varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. This law may be expressed by the equation w =4cP To construct the graph which shows the nature of the... | |
 | Jacob William Albert Young, Lambert Lincoln Jackson - Algebra - 1910 - 238 pages
...neighborhood is the cause of their weight. The law of gravitation states that the weight of a given body varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. This law may be expressed by the equation •-* To construct the graph which shows the nature of the... | |
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It has been found by experiment that the weight of a body varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. If... 
