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Near the surface of the Earth, the gravitational force is approximately constant, ⃗ Fg ≈ −mgˆz. Far from the Earth’s surface, this is not valid, as we will see later in the semester. But at high altitudes (still near the Earth), a modified version of this approximate formula can be used

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          Near the surface of the Earth, the gravitational force is approximately constant, ⃗ Fg ≈ −mgˆz.
Far from the Earth’s surface, this is not valid, as we will see later in the semester. But at high
altitudes (still near the Earth), a modified version of this approximate formula can be used

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University Physics with Modern Physics

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Near the surface of the Earth, the gravitational force is approximately constant, ⃗ Fg ≈ −mgˆz. Far from the Earth’s surface, this is not valid, as we will see later in the semester. But at high altitudes (still near the Earth), a modified version of this approximate formula can be used