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if I weigh 141.2lbs at sea level what will I weigh 29,000ft above sea level

 Feb 19, 2015

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If I weigh 141.2lbs at sea level what will I weigh 29,000ft above sea level ?

 

29000 ft = 8839.2 m

 

Only Free-air correction: 

Accounts for the 1/r^2 decrease in gravity with the distance from the center of the Earth:

g1=g( see level )=GMER2E 

and in 8839.2 m

g2=g( 29000 ft above sea level)=GME(RE+8.8392 km)2

F2=F1g2g1mm

 F2=F1R2E(RE+8.8392 km)2=F163712(6371+8.8392 km)2=F10.99723094065 

So we have 141.2lbs * 0.99723094065 = 140.809008820 lbs

 Feb 19, 2015
 #1
avatar+26396 
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Best Answer

If I weigh 141.2lbs at sea level what will I weigh 29,000ft above sea level ?

 

29000 ft = 8839.2 m

 

Only Free-air correction: 

Accounts for the 1/r^2 decrease in gravity with the distance from the center of the Earth:

g1=g( see level )=GMER2E 

and in 8839.2 m

g2=g( 29000 ft above sea level)=GME(RE+8.8392 km)2

F2=F1g2g1mm

 F2=F1R2E(RE+8.8392 km)2=F163712(6371+8.8392 km)2=F10.99723094065 

So we have 141.2lbs * 0.99723094065 = 140.809008820 lbs

heureka Feb 19, 2015
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Thanks Heureka  

I was thinking that I could go live on a mountain to lose some weight (Mt Everest is 29000 feet) but Heurika has determined that the diffenence will be 0.4 of a pound so it is probably not going to be worth the moving expense. How sad.           

 Feb 19, 2015

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