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It would increase
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It would decrease
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It would stay the same
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We would become weightless
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Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore if the radius of the Earth (r) is increased, the force of gravity (and hence your weight) will decrease. Similarly, if the radius of the Earth is shrunk (r smaller) then your weight would increase.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reasoning: The decrease in radius will produce a much larger acceleration of gravity at the surface. This means your weight will increase.
Detailed explanation-3: -Updated On: 27-06-2022 If the radius of the earth were to shrink by one percent, mass remaining the same, the value of g will increase by 2%. Therefore value of g will increase by 2%.
Detailed explanation-4: -From the above expression, if the radius of Earth increases without changing the mass, then the weight would be decreases because the relation between the radius of Earth and weight is an inverse one.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hence, if the radius of the earth increases, keeping the mass constant, the force of gravity decreases. Therefore, if the radius of the earth were larger (but the mass was the same), the force of gravity on objects on its surface would be smaller.