Consider earth to be a homogeneous sphere. Scientist $A$ goes deep down in a mine and scientist $B$ goes high up in a balloon. The value of $g$ measured by

  • A

    $A$ goes on decreasing and that by $B$ goes on increasing

  • B

    $B$ goes on decreasing and that by $A$ goes on increasing

  • C

    Each decreases at the same rate

  • D

    Each decreases at different rates

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