How far would you have to drill into the Earth, to reach a point where your weight is reduced by 8.0 ? Approximate the Earth as a uniform sphere.

Answer 1

8.0 what? Percent? m/s^2?

I answered the same question yesterday for 5.5%. Use the same method.

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1271306511

See also my answer to the followup question of Mikhail.

Answer 2

whats the distance from the center of the earth?