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What would be the change in acceleration due to gravity at the surface, if the radius of Earth decreases by 2% keeping the mass of Earth constant?

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Acceleration due to gravity, `g=(GM)/(R^2)`
When mass is kept as constant and radius is decreased by 2% than `(triangleR)/(R )xx100=2`
From distribution of errors in multipications and divisions `(triangleg)/(g)xx100= -2(triangleR)/(R )xx100`
% Change in `g= -2xx2= -4%` -ve sign indicates that when R dereases 'g' increases.
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