why is your weight not one-quarter as much when you climb to the top of a twice as

Otter

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tall tree? But it is, in accord with the inverse-square law
Because parts of the tree itself gravitationally attract you
Because, quite simply, of Newton's law of action and reaction
Because you're not twice as far from Earth's center
Because the Sun, Stars, and everything with mass pull on you also
 
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