Question: Mountain pull a large mountain can slightly affect the direction of down as determined by a plumb line. Assume that we can model a mountain

Mountain pull a large mountain can slightly affect the direction of "down" as determined by a plumb line. Assume that we can model a mountain as a sphere of radius R = 2.00 km and density (mass per unit volume) 2.6 x 103 kg/m3 assume also that we hang a 0.50 m plumb line at a distance of 3R from the sphere's center and such that the sphere pulls horizontally on the lower end. How far would the lower end move toward the sphere?

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