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A spring balance is graduated on sea lev...

A spring balance is graduated on sea level. If a body is weighed with this balance at consecutively increasing heights from earth's surface, the weight indicated by the balance

A

Will go on increasing continuously

B

Will go on decreasing continuously

C

Will remain same

D

Will first increase and then decrease

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