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The earth has a mass of `6 xx 10^(24)` kg and a radius of `6.4 xx 10^(6)m`. Calcualte the amount of work that must be done to slow down its rotation so that duration of day becomes 30 hrs instead of 24 hours.
Moment of inertia of earth = `(2)/(5)MR^(2).`

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