JEE Main Physics question
What will be the effect on the weight of a body on the surface of earth, if the earth's rotation rate suddenly changes to half of its original angular velocity of rotation?
Answer: (B)
Solution
Apparent weight at a given latitude is . Halving reduces the subtracted centrifugal term to a quarter of its previous value, so less
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