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Assuming Earth to be a sphere of a uniform density, what is value of gravitational acceleration in mine 100 km below the Earth surface = `………. "ms"^(-2)`

A

`9.66`

B

`7.64`

C

`5.00`

D

`3.1`

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`g. = g [ 1-d/R] = 9.66" ms"^(-2)`
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