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If the earth shrinks to 18 of its original volume, while maintaining the same mass, then the duration of the day will be

  1. A 8 hrs
  2. B 48 hrs
  3. C 6 hrs
  4. D 72 hrs
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(C) 6 hrs

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Use the concept of conservation of angular momentum the initial angular momentum of the earth should be same as final momentum of the earth, it means, J1=J2⇒I1ω1=I2ω2, here the value of the moment of inertia for the solid sphere is, I=25mR2 and, the value of…
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