Neglect the effect of rotation of earth.Suppose the earth suddenly stops attracting objects placed near its surface.A person standing on the surface of earth will (a) fly up (b) slip along the surface (c) fly along tangent to the earth's surface (d) remain standing

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anonymous · Answer

fly along tangent to  the earth's surface,since the body will still have some velocity but no centripetal acceleration

anonymous · Answer

if we neglect the rotation ofthe earth, then the body will fly up.