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A spring balance is graduated on sea lev...

A spring balance is graduated on sea level. If a body is weighed with this balance at consecutively increasing heights from earth's surface, the weight indicated by the balance

A

will go on increasing continously

B

will go on decreasing continuously

C

will remain same

D

will first increase and then decrease

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B
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