Suppose the Earth were squeezed down to the size of a small mountain. The mass of the Earth would not change, just its volume and radius. If you were now standing on the surface, would the gravitational force on you be greater than, less than or the same as before the Earth was squeezed?

Explanation:

Much greater. Gravitational force depends on the mass and separation distance. Shrinking the earth means the mass remains the same while the radius gets smaller. Since gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance, as shown by Newton's universal gravitational law

shrinking the radius even by a factor of 10 will cause your weight, which also happens to be the gravitational force of the earth on you, to be 100 times more.

find the surface area of the sphere to the nearest square unit. use a calculator.

a. 254 in.2

b. 64 in.2

c. 127 in.2

d. 1,018 in.2