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Determine the decrease in the weight of a body when it is taken 32 km below the earth surface. Take radius of the earth as 6400 km.

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`0.5%`
`g. = g( 1- x //R ) , ( g. - g//g ) xx 100 = ( x //R ) 100 = ( 32 xx 10^(3) // 6400 xx 10^(3)) 100 = 0.5 % `
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