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Will your weight remain constant as you go above the surface of the earth?

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No, our weight will not remain constant if we move away from the surface of the earth . Weight is the product of mass and gravitational acceleration. When we move away from the surface of the earth, mass remains the same but the value of gravitational accleleration decreases. thus , weight decreases as we move away from the surface of the earth .
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