A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would earth (mass=5.98X 1024 kg) have to be compressed to be a black hole?
Problem Solving Strategy For the black hole, the escape speed is more than c (speed of light). We should compare the escape speed with the c (Note that the escape speed should be at least just greater than c)
=> c2=2GM/R'
R'=2GM/c2
=
=8.89x10-3
=0.889x10-2
=10-2 m