 | Stephen Chase - Algebra - 1849 - 348 pages
...2i8. 1. If, above the surface of the earth, the weight of a given body (ie its gravitation towards the earth) varies inversely as the square of its distance from the centre of the earth, how higli must the body be raised, that its weight may be only half what it was... | |
 | John Brocklesby - Astronomy - 1855 - 394 pages
...same ratio1 as the other is diminished. 192. It follows from this fact, since the angular velocity of the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the sun, that the product of the angular velocity of the earth for any given period into its distance at... | |
 | John Brocklesby - 1872 - 374 pages
...same ratio1 as the other is diminished. 192. It follows from this fact, since the angular velocity of the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the sun, that the product of the angular velocity of the earth for any given period into the square of... | |
 | Camille Flammarion - Atmosphere - 1873 - 632 pages
...temperature of Paris, representing as it does a longer series of years. The heat received from the Sun by the Earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the Sun; and as the Earth does not move in a circular orbit, there is, in addition to the monthly variation... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - Calculus - 1884 - 270 pages
...to fall through the earth. 2. Assuming that the acceleration of a falling body above the surface of the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the earth's centre, find the velocity and time. Let x = the varying, and с the initial, distance of the... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1898 - 712 pages
...surface varies as the square of its edge ? 30. 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 a body weighs 30 pounds on the surface of the earth (approximately 4000 miles from the center), what... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - Calculus - 1898 - 302 pages
...sec. = 42 min. 13.4 sec. 13. Assuming that the acceleration of a falling body above the surface of the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the earth's centre, find the velocity and time. Let x = the varying, and с the initial, distance of the... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1901 - 462 pages
...the other 100 pounds, and they balance each other, what point of the stick rests on his shoulder ? 16. The weight of a body near the earth varies inversely...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 4000 miles from the earth's surface ?... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1901 - 476 pages
...other 100 pounds, and they balance each other, what point of the stick rests on his shoulder ? 15. The weight of a body near the earth varies inversely...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 4000 miles from the earth's surface ?... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1901 - 646 pages
...surface varies as the square of its edge ? 22. 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 a body weighs 30 pounds on the surface of the earth (approximately 4000 miles from the center), what... | |
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The weight of an object above the surface of the earth varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of the earth. 
