The radius of the earth is 6.38 × 106 m and its mass is 5.98 × 1024 kg. What is the acceleration due to gravity at a height of 1.28 × 107 m above the earth's surface?
A) 1.08 m/s2
B) 2.15 m/s2
C) 9.80 m/s2
D) 0.659 m/s2
E) 0.114 m/s2
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