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QJEEM22Ph6f6b: JEE Main 2022 Physics - Class 11 JEEM22Ph6f6b Solution: If the acceleration due to gravity experienced by a point mass…

If the acceleration due to gravity experienced by a point mass at a height h above the surface of earth is same as that of the acceleration due to gravity at a depth αh(h<<Re) from the earth surface. The value of α will be _________.

(use Re=6400 km)

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g(1−2hR)=g(1−dR)

⇒2h=d

⇒α=2

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