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Grade 12th passMechanics

If a planet of given density were made larger its force of attraction for an object on its surface would increase because of planet's greater mass but would decrease beacuse of larger separation between the centre of planet and its surface.Which effect would dominate ?
a) increase in mass b) increase in radius
c) both d) none

Profile image of Damini Parihar
11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Saurabh Kumar
11 Years ago
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Incrase in the radius would be sure as well as Increase in mass.
Hence option ‘c’ is correct.


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