An Astronomy Textbook, When Printed Out, Weighs Four Pounds on the Surface

question 25

Multiple Choice

An astronomy textbook, when printed out, weighs four pounds on the surface of the Earth. After finishing your course, you are so tired of the book, you arrange for NASA to shoot it into space. When it is twice as far from the center of the Earth than when you were reading it, what would it weigh? (Note, assume that the book has been moving away from the Earth, not falling freely around it.)

• A) 4 lbs
• B) 8 lbs
• C) 2 lbs
• D) 1 lb
• E) 16 lbs

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