Calculate Earth’s acceleration toward a 3.0 kg brick resting on its surface

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Problem

Calculate Earth’s acceleration toward a 3.0 kg brick resting on its surface. Use g=9.8 m/s2g = 9.8\,\text{m/s}^2 and ME=5.97×1024 kgM_{\text{E}} = 5.97 \times 10^{24}\,\text{kg}.

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