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Grade 9General Physics

Hi All,
Please help me to solve following question:
A body is suspended from a spring balance kept in a satellite. The reading of the balance is W1 when the satellite goes in an orbit of radius R and is W2 when it goes in an orbit of radius 2R. What is relation between W1 and W2?
Regards,
Vivek

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8 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of MeetShah
8 Years ago
Hello
W2 will be 1/4th of W1 as gravity varies inversely with the square of distance of seperation so when radius doubles gravity becomes 1/4th 
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Profile image of Vivek Agrawal
8 Years ago
Hi,
 
Thanks for the response.
Its answer is W1=W2 and I do not know how this is calculated.
 
Regards,
Vivek