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The weight of an object, w, varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of Earth, d. When an astronaut stands in a training center on the surface of Earth (3,960 miles from the center), she weighs 155 pounds. To the nearest tenth of a pound, what will be the approximate weight of the astronaut when she is standing on a space station, in orbit 240 miles above the training center?

A.
174.4 pounds
B.
164.4 pounds
C.
146.1 pounds
D.
137.8 pounds

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D. 137.8 pounds

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