Where will you weigh more: at the equator or at the poles?

I will weigh more at poles and weigh less at the equator since weight is the amount of force with which an object is pulled towards the centre of earth.

W = m × g …..1


Where, W = Weight


m = mass


g = Acceleration due to gravity


Since, mass is constant all the time, so,


W g …..2


And we also know that,


g =


Where, G = Gravitational Constant


R = Radius of earth


M = Mass of earth


So, g …..3


From equations 2 and 3, we get,


W


Since R is minimum at poles, so weight is maximum at poles and similarly since R is maximum at equator, so weight is minimum at equator.


Hence, we weigh more at poles than at equator.


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