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A person is attracted towards the center of Earth by a 440 N gravitational force. The force with which Earth is attracted toward the person is _____.

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A person is attracted towards the center of Earth by a 440 N gravitational force. The force with which Earth is attracted toward the person is 440 N.

Reason: If you were to consider Newton's third law, it says for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. That means if the earth exerts a 440N force on the human, then the human will exert a 440N force on the planet.

p.s. Newton's three laws would be very helpful to know for these sorts of conceptual questions that involve forces

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