By how many newtons does the weight of a 100-kg person change when he goes from sea level to an altitude of 5000 m? (The mean radius of the Earth is 6.38 ˛ 106 m.)

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Newton's law of universal gravitation: Every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distances between them. This force acts along the line joining the two particles.
 


By how many newtons does the weight of a 100-kg person change when he goes from sea level to an altitude of 5000 m? (The mean radius of the Earth is 6.38 ˛ 106 m.)