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📅 NSB 2015🎓 HS🔄 Round 12#️⃣ Q19❓ TOSS-UP✍️ Short Answer

Identify all of the following three statements that explain why the actual acceleration due to gravity at any point on the Earth's surface would be different from the value calculated for that point via Newton's Law of Gravitation: 1) The Earth's mass is not uniformly distributed; 2) The Earth is not perfectly spherical; 3) The Earth is rotating.

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