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The radius of the earth is 6400 km. What will be the value of the centrifugal acceleration at the equatorial region due to the earth's diurnal motion?

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If the radius of the earth is R and its angular velocity is `omega`, then at equatorial region,
centrifugal acceleration
= `omega^(2) R = ((2pi)^(2)/(T)) xx R = ((2pi)/(24 xx 60 xx 60))^(2) xx 6400 xx 10^(3)`
= 0.0338 m`cdot s^(-2)`.
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