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Suppose a smooth tunnel is dug along a straight line joining two points on the surface of the earth and a particle is dropped from rest at its one end. Assume that mass of the earth is uniformly distributed over its volume. Then, which of the following statements are not correct?

A

the particle will emerge from the other end will velocity `sqrt((GM_(e))/(2R_(e)))`, where `M_(e) and R_(e)` are earth's mass and radius respectively

B

the overlapping will come to rest at centre of the tunnel

C

potential energy of the particle will be equal to zero at centre of tunnel if it is along a diameter

D

acceleration of the particle will be proportional to its distance from mid-point of the tunnel

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