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Acceleration due to Gravity

If both the masses and radius o the earth, each decreases by 5

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If both the masses and radius o the earth, each decreases by $50%$ , the acceleration due to gravity would

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50%

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100%

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100%

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Here,

g = GM / R

and

g = \frac{G ( M /2 )}{( R /2 ) ^{2}} = \frac{2 GM}{R ^{2}} = 2 g

∴ %

increase in

g = (\frac{g ^{'} - g}{g}) \times 100

= (\frac{2 g - g}{g}) \times 100 = 100%

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Question Text	If both the masses and radius o the earth, each decreases by $50%$ , the acceleration due to gravity would
Updated On	Sep 13, 2023
Topic	Gravitation
Subject	Physics
Class	Class 11
Answer Type	Text solution:1 Video solution: 1
Upvotes	159
Avg. Video Duration	2 min

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