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What is the value of 'g' at a height equal to twice the radius of Earth from the center?
Ag/2
Bg/4
Cg/8
Dg/9
✓ Correct Answer: B — g/4
If distance from center is 2R, g' = GM/(2R)^2 = g/4.
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