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The acceleration due to gravity at a height `(1//20)^(th)` the radius of the earth above earth s surface is `9m//s^(2)` Find out its approximate value at a point at an equal distance below the surface of the earth .

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`(19)/(2)m//s^(2) = 9.5 m//s^(2)` .
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