MHT CET Physics question

PhysicsGravitationMHT CET

Let be the acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface and K.E. be the rotational kinetic energy of the earth. Suppose the earth's radius decreases by 2% keeping all other quantities same, then [BHU 1994, JIPMER 2000]

Answer: (C)

Solution

, so a 2% decrease in increases by about 4%; with angular momentum conserved, K.E.

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