*34.  A neutron star has a mass of 2.0 x 1030 kg (about the mass of our sun) and a radius of 5.0 x 103 m (about the height of a good-sized mountain). Suppose an object falls from rest near the surface of such a star. How fast would this object be moving after it had fallen a distance of 0.010 m? (Assume that the gravitational force is constant over the distance of the fall and that the star is not rotating.)

 

Object would accelerate at the g for the neutron star.  An object falling from rest would have a speed found from

 

So use g from

 

 

 

 

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