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Which of the following options are correct? 

(a) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with increasing altitude. 

(b) Acceleration due to gravity increases with increasing depth (assume the earth to be a sphere of uniform density). 

(c) Acceleration due to gravity increases with increasing latitude. 

(d) Acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass of the earth.

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(a) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with increasing altitude.

(c) Acceleration due to gravity increases with increasing latitude.

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