Question: (a) What is the approximate force of gravity on a 70-kg person due to the Andromeda galaxy, assuming its total mass is 10 13 that

(a) What is the approximate force of gravity on a 70-kg person due to the Andromeda galaxy, assuming its total mass is 1013 that of our Sun and acts like a single mass 2 Mly away? 

(b) What is the ratio of this force to the person's weight? Note that Andromeda is the closest large galaxy.

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