Question: The earth is actually a rotating reference frame with angular speed of 360 degree/day or 7.29x10^(-5) rad/sec. Please calculate the Coriolis force on an 69.9

The earth is actually a rotating reference frame with angular speed of 360 degree/day or 7.29x10^(-5) rad/sec. Please calculate the Coriolis force on an 69.9 kg person running at a speed of 5.7 m/s on earth. Give your answer in the unit of N with 3 decimals. Just for your interest, you can compare it with the weight of an empty 350ml beer can, which is about 0.15 N. Note, on earth, the actual Coriolis force depends on latitude and the direction the person is runing. The value you calculated using the simple equation given in the lecture is the maximum value

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