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प्रश्न
How is weight affected in the following case, when initially the body is weighed in Delhi with a spring balance?
Body is taken to a high mountain.
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उत्तर
As the value of g increases with an increase in the height of the body from the surface of the earth, so when a body is taken to a high mountain, its weight decreases.
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