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Select the correct answer. The weight of an object, w, varies inversely as the square of its distance from the center of Earth, d. When an astronaut stands in a training
center on the surface of Earth (3,960 miles from the center), she weighs 155 pounds. To the nearest tenth of a pound, what will be the
approximate weight of the astronaut when she is standing on a space station, in orbit 240 miles above the training center?
A. 174.4 pounds
B. 164.4 pounds
C. 146.1 pounds
D. 137.8 pounds

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