The Variation of Acceleration Due to Gravity on Earth
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A body weighs 98N on a spring balance at the North Pole. What will be its weight recorded on the same scale if it is shifted to the equator?
Radius of earth is 6400km
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At the poles, the apparent weight is the same as the true weight.
Thus, 98N = mg = m (9.8 m/s^2)
or m = 10kg. At the equator, the value of g will be
g1 = g - w^2 R
Where w is the angular speed of the earth.
w = 2pi/(24 x 60 x 60) rad/s
= 7.27x10^-5 rad/s
Thus g1 = 9.8 - [7.27x10^-5 ]^2 x R
Where R = 6400 x 10^3 m
And the weight of the object at the equator will be,
= m x g1
= 10 x {9.8 - [7.27x10^-5 ]^2 x R }
= 97.6 Newton
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