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The angular velocity of the earth with which it has to rotate so that acceleration due to gravity on `60^@` latitude becomes zero is (Radius of the earth = 6400 km. At the poles `g = 10 ms^(-2))`

A

`3sqrt((g_(p))/(R))`

B

`4sqrt((g_(p))/(R))`

C

`sqrt((g_(p))/(R))`

D

`2sqrt((g_(p))/(R))`

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