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Determine the speed with which the earth would have to rotate on its axis so that a person on the equator would weigh `3//5` the as much as at present. Take the equatorial radius as 6400 km.

A

`sqrt((2g)/(5R))`

B

`sqrt((2R)/(5g))`

C

`(2sqrt(R))/(sqrt(5g))`

D

`(2g)/(5R)`

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