The earth's radius is (6.37 times 10^{6} mathrm{~m}); it rotates once every 24 hours. a. What is
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The earth's radius is \(6.37 \times 10^{6} \mathrm{~m}\); it rotates once every 24 hours.
a. What is the earth's angular speed?
b. Viewed from a point above the north pole, is the angular velocity positive or negative?
c. What is the speed of a point on the equator?
d. What is the speed of a point on the earth's surface halfway between the equator and the pole? (Hint: What is the radius of the circle in which the point moves?)
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