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what is the effect of rotation of earth on a boy on a x height from earths surface

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The body will experience a centrifugual force equl to mω2r.Where m is the mass of the body. r is the radius=R+x, where R is the radiusof the earth. And ω is the angular velocity. So the acceleration due to gravity will be g'=mg-mω2rm=g-ω2r

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