Consider two planets, each with mass 9 x 1024 kg.  The first planet is located at coordinates (6 x 107 m, 0 m), and the second is located at (-6 x 107 m, 0 m).  Calculate the magnitude of the gravitational field due to the two planets at coordinates (0 m, 1 x 107 m), in N/kg

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Consider two planets, each with mass 9 x 1024 kg.  The first planet is located at coordinates (6 x 107 m, 0 m), and the second is located at (-6 x 107 m, 0 m).  Calculate the magnitude of the gravitational field due to the two planets at coordinates (0 m, 1 x 107 m), in N/kg.  Use G = 6.7 x 10-11 N m2/ kg2.
 

(Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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