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The angular velocity of the earth with which it has to rotate so that the acceleration due to gravity on `60^@` latitude becomes zero is

A

`2.5xx10^(-3) rad//s`

B

`5.0xx10^(-1) rad//s`

C

`10xx10^(1) rad//s`

D

`7.8xx10^(-2) rad//s`

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