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A stone weight \(100 \mathrm{~N}\) on the surface of the earth. The ratio of its weight at a height of half the radius of the earth to a depth of half the radius of the earth will be approximately

  1. A \(3.6\)
  2. B \(2.2\)
  3. C \(1.8\)
  4. D \(0.9\)
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(D) \(0.9\)

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Weight of stone at the surface of the earth, \(w=100 \mathrm{~N}\) At height \(h\) from the surface of earth, gravitational acceleration, \[ g_{h}=\frac{g}{\left(1+\frac{h}{R}\right)^{2}} \] At depth \(d\) from the surface of the earth, gravitational acceleration,…