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An object put on a beam balance gives the same reading no matter where it is on the Earth's surface, but if it is on...

      

An object put on a beam balance gives the same reading no matter where it is on the Earth's surface, but if it is on a very
sensitive spring balance, the reading varies from place to place. Explain why this is so.

  

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sharon
The extension of a spring balance depends on gravitational force and this varies over the earth's surface.With a beam balance the force acting on both arms on equal masses remains the same.
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 31, 2019 at 10:26


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