📝 Multiple Choice Question
General-science
If the radius of the Earth were to shrink by 1% while its mass remained the same, the acceleration due to gravity on the Earth surface would:
A
decrease by 1%
B
increase by 2%
C
decrease by 2%
D
increase by 1%
Explanation
Since $g = GM/R^2$, a 1% decrease in $R$ leads to approximately a 2% increase in $g$ based on the power rule for errors.
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