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A planet has a mass of eight time the mass of earth and denisity is also equal to eight times a the average density of the earth. If g be the acceleration due to earth's gravity on its surface, then acceleration due to gravity on planet's surface will be

A

2g

B

4g

C

8g

D

16g

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