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the value of acceleration due to gravity is maximum at

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Dear Student, The value of acceleration due to gravity is maximum at the poles and minimum at the equator due to rotation effects. Also the acceleration due to gravity decreases with depth and height from the surface of the earth. It is zero at the centre of the earth.

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