Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 34SP
(a) Compute the radial acceleration of a point at the equator of the Earth. (b) Repeat for the North Pole of the Earth. Take the radius of the Earth to be 6.37 × 106 m.
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