A body is weighed by a spring balance to be 1.000 kg at the North Pole. How much will it weigh at the equator? Accounts for the earth’s rotation only.
Here, we need to take into account the earth's rotation.
The angular velocity of earth is ![]()
The acceleration due to gravity at equator is
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Hence, the weight at equator is ![]()