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Will your weight remains constant as you go above the surface of the earth?

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(i) Weight of a body depends on acceleration due to gravity. `W=mxxg`
ii. As we go above the surface of the earth height increases and hence acceleration decreases.
iii. As acceleration due to gravity decreases consequently weight decreases.
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