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(a) Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Sun. (b) By what factor would your weight increase if you could stand on the Sun? (Never mind that you cannot.)
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Final Answer
  1. $274 \textrm{ m/s}^2$
  2. $28.0$
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