Answer to Question #88823 in Field Theory for Taylor

Question

Two people, A and B, are sitting on a bench 0.70m apart. Person A has a mass of 60kg and person b experts a gravitational force of 8.0 x 10^-7 N on person a. Calculate the mass of person b.

Answer 1

The gravitational force is

$$F=\frac{Gm_am_b}{r^2}$$

$$m_b=\frac{Fr^2}{Gm_a}$$

$$m_b=\frac{(8\cdot 10^{-7})(0.7)^2}{(6.67\cdot 10^{-11})(60)}=98\ kg$$