Question

If Earth's mass decreased to one half its original mass, with no change in radius, what would happen to your weight?

Answer 1

Weight of an object is the force with which earth attracts the body.
In the given problem your weight will become half of original weight.

Explanation:

Check for concept details in the solution here (http://socratic.org/questions/since-f-gmm-r-2-if-m-and-m-are-unit-mass-separated-by-unit-distance-then-f-g-can#216735).

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