The exact value of the acceleration due to gravity (g) varies with altitude and the makeup of the ground Suppose a spring scale is stretched 18 cm by a 100-gram mass at sea level. The acceleration due to gravity atop Mount Everest is 0.3% smaller than at sea levelHow will this affect the displacement measured by the spring scale? point) Because the value of g decreased, the displacement increased by the same amount 0.3% Because the mass is constant at 100 grams , the displacement will not change. The displacement will decrease by the square of 0.3, or 0.09% The displacement will also be 0.3% smaller