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Which of the following statement are true about acceleration due to gravity?

A

'g' decreases in moving away from the centre of earth if `r gt R`

B

g' decreases in moving away from the centre of earth if `r lt R`

C

g' is zero at the centre of earth

D

g' decreases if earth stops rotating on its axis

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AC

Variation of g with distance : If `r gt R` then `g prop 1/r^(2)" ":.` (A) is correct
If `r lt R` then `g prop r" ":.` (B) is incorrect & (C) is correct
variation of g with `omega : g'=g-omega^(2) R cos^(2) lambda`
If `omega=0` then g will not change at poles where `cos lambda =0`. while at other point g increases
`:.` (D) is incorrect.
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