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Acceleration due to gravity  for a body of mass  on earth’s surface is proportional to (Radius of earth = R, mass of earth = M)

a)

b)

c)

d)



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Acceleration due to gravity  for a body of mass  on earth’s surface is proportional to (Radius of earth = R, mass of earth = M)

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(a)

According of law of gravitation, the force of attraction acting on the body due to earth is given by

The acceleration due to gravity  in the body arises due to the force  from Newton’s second law of motion, we have

From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get

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