Question

neglect the effect of rotation of earthsuppose the earth suddenly stops attracting the objects placed near its surfacea person standing on the surface of the earth will

1)fly up
2)slip along the surface
3)fly around the tangent to the Earth surface
4)remain standing

Please provide the reason...

Answer 1

(4) remain standing

If the earth suddenly stops attracting objects placed near its surface, the net force on the person will become zero and according to the first law of motion, the person will remain standing.