Question

The Earth is spinning about its axis with a period of 23 hours 56 min and 4 sec. The equatorial radius of the Earth is 6.38×106m . The latitude of MIT (Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is 42o22′ .

Note: The latitude of a point on Earth, in this case MIT, is the angle from the Equator to that point measured along the meridian of that point. In the figure below the latitude of MIT is indicated with the angle λ. (A meridian is a half of a circle that passes through the north and south poles).


a) Find the velocity of a person at MIT as they undergo circular motion about the Earth's axi

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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