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If the acceleration due to gravity is represented by unity in a system of unit and one second is the unit of time , the unit length is

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the new unit of length is g meter

B

the new unit of length is 1 meter

C

the new unit of length is `g^(2)` meter

D

the new unit of time is 1/g second

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