A person is standing on weighing machine and is slowly taken from the surface of Earth to the surface of mars. Given that the value of 
on Earth is 
and that on Mars is 
. Draw graph of weight vs distance from earth's surface
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Weight of the man goes from 
on surface of earth to zero somewhere in the path (where gravitational
pull from both planets is equal to opposite) and finally to 
on surface of mass
on earth 
g on mars 
From (1) the decline from 
to zero and rise from o to 
is non-linear Hence is the right answer.
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