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If the distance between you and the Earth increased three times its initial value, how would the force of gravity between you and the Earth change?
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If the distance between you and the Earth increased three times its initial value, how would the force of gravity between you and the Earth change?

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If were somewhere high in the atmosphere but still in contact with the gravitational pull of the Earth, and our distance multiplied by 3, then the Earth's gravitational pull would lessen.
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