Question

A body is weighted at the poles and then at the equator. The weight

• A. at the equator will be greater than at the poles
• B. at the poles will be greater than at the equator
• C. at the poles will be equal to the weight at the equator
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

at the poles will be greater than at the equator

Answer is B.

A body weighs more at the poles than at the equator, because the earth is not a perfect square, but it is flattened at the poles. The distance between the equator and the center of the earth is less than at the poles; therefore the force of gravitation is more at the poles than at the equator; and so it weighs more at the poles than equator.
Hence, the weight of a body at the poles will be greater than at the equator.