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Standard XII
Physics
Displacement of COM:Application
At which heig...
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At which height from the surface of the Earth, The acceleration due to gravity is the same as at a depth 160 km below the surface of Earth. Radius of Earth is 6400 km
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Solution
g
at depth
=
g
at height
g
(
1
−
d
R
)
=
g
(
1
−
2
h
R
)
⟹
h
=
d
2
=
80
k
m
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