You Are in a Spaceship That Has a Mass of 13

question 23

Multiple Choice

You are in a spaceship that has a mass of 13 $\times$ 10⁴ kg and is 2.2 $\times$ 10¹² m from a black hole near the center of the galaxy.The gravitational force exerted by the black hole on the spaceship is 46 N.The force on the ship when it has moved to one-third of its original distance from the black hole is

• A)410 N
• B)140 N
• C)150 N
• D)5.0 N
• E)730 N

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