Question 14 Marks
Calculate the force with which you attract the earth.
Answer
View full question & answer→Consider that a man is standing on the surface of the Earth. Force acting on the man $=\mathrm{mg}$ Here, $\mathrm{m}=$ mass of the man and $\mathrm{g}=$ acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth ( $=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2$ ) Assume that the mass of the man is equal to 65 kg . Then $\mathrm{F}=\mathrm{W}=\mathrm{mg}=65 \times 10=650 \mathrm{~N}=$ force acting on the man. $\therefore$ By Newton's third law (actionreaction are always equal), the man is also attracting the earth with a force of 650 N in the opposite direction.