If You Stood on a Planet Having a Mass Four

question 49

Multiple Choice

If you stood on a planet having a mass four times that of Earth's mass,and a radius two times that of Earth's radius,you would weigh

• A)the same as you do on Earth.
• B)two times more than you do on Earth.
• C)two times less than you do on Earth.
• D)four times more than you do on Earth.

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