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Explain why the value of acceleration due to gravity varies on the earth's surface,below the earth's surface and above the earth's surface.​

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EXPLANATION:

Variation of g due to Shape of Earth

As the earth is an oblate spheroid, its RADIUS near the equator is more than its radius near poles. SINCE for a SOURCE mass, the acceleration due to gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the radius of the earth, it varies with latitude due to the shape of the earth.



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