A body is first lifted to a height above the Earth’s surface and then taken to a…

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A body is first lifted to a height h=500 mh = 500\,\text{m} above the Earth’s surface and then taken to a depth dd below the surface. Neglecting higher-order terms, the combined effect of these two displacements is to reduce its weight by exactly 1.5%1.5\% compared with its surface weight. Calculate the depth dd. Take Earth’s radius R=6.4×106 mR = 6.4\times10^{6}\,\text{m}.

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