Gravitation

Imagine a flat earth extending to infinity in all directions.How thick should the earth be to have the same gravity at the surface as we have now?
Density=5515 kg/m3 and g=9.81m/s2

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Soumyadeep Basu ·

12733.243 Km?

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Akshay Ginodia ·

I don't know the answer..whats the process u r following? Something like Gauss's law?

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Anurag Ghosh ·

Akshay i hope this link might help u out......
http://www.targetiit.com/discuss/topic/18433/another-excellent-problem-nishant-kayamat-sir-help/

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