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Acceleration Due to Gravity

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Acceleration due to earth's gravity decreases as you go 'up' or 'down' from earth's surface.

Statement II: Acceleration due to earth's gravity is same at a height 'h' and depth 'd' from earth's surface, if h = d.

In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

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Answer: (a)

Statement I: $g$ is maximum at the surface and decreases both going up and going down. Correct.
Statement II: $g_h \approx g\left(1-\frac{2h}{R}\right) \ne g_d = g\left(1-\frac{d}{R}\right)$ for $h = d$ . Incorrect.
So the answer is (a).

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