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The ratio of accleration due to gravity at a depth h below the surface of earth and at a height h above the surface of earth for h `lt lt` radius of earth:

A

constant only when `hlt lt R`

B

increases linearly with `h`

C

increaes parabolically with `h`

D

decreases

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