Question: (a) What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of an object on Earth's equator due to the rotation of Earth? (b) What would Earth's

(a) What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of an object on Earth's equator due to the rotation of Earth?

(b) What would Earth's rotation period have to be for objects on the equator to have a centripetal acceleration of magnitude 9.8 m/s2?

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