JEE Main Physics question
Let be the acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface and 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 *increases* by 4%. With angular momentum conserved and :
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