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1. Explain why free-fall acceleration can be regarded as a constant for objects falling within a few hundred miles of Earth's surface.
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1. Explain why free-fall acceleration can be regarded as a constant for objects

falling within a few hundred miles of Earth's surface.

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it is because the Earth's mass is so big that the objects will fall at a constant rate. Calculate the mass in kg of an object that weighs 1225 N on Earth.

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