
William W. answered 12/12/20
Experienced Tutor and Retired Engineer
Because gravitational force is relatively small.
F = GMm/r2 so lets say you are 50 kg and the building is 1,000,000 kg and you are 50 meters away
Then F = (6,67x10-11)(50)(1x106)/502) = 1.33x10-6 N which is an extremely small amount (your weight is almost 400 million times greater).
Cathy L.
Thank you so much!12/15/20