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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Gravitation
  • JEE Mains 2021
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  • Numerical

If the angular velocity of earth's spin is increased such that the bodies at the equator start floating, the duration of the day would be approximately ........ minutes (Take : \(g =10 \,ms ^{-2},\) the radius of earth, \(R =6400 \times 10^{3}\, m ,\) Take \(\left.\pi=3.14\right)\)

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(D) \(84\)

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For objects to float

\(mg = m \omega^{2} R\)

\(\omega=\) angular velocity of earth.

\(R =\) Radius of earth

\(\omega=\sqrt{\frac{g}{R}}\)

Duration of day \(= T\)

\(T =\frac{2 \pi}{\omega}\)

\(\Rightarrow T =2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{ R }{ g }}\)

\(=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{6400 \times 10^{3}}{10}}\)

\(\Rightarrow \frac{ T }{60}=83.775\) minutes

\(\simeq 84\) minutes

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