As the earth rotates what is the speed of a physics student in Miami Florida, at latitude 26 degrees? ignore the revolution of the earth around the sun . radius of earth is 6400 km (express answer with appropriate units)   speed of a physics student in fairbanks alaska at latitude 65 degrees express with appropriate units

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As the earth rotates what is the speed of a physics student in Miami Florida, at latitude 26 degrees? ignore the revolution of the earth around the sun . radius of earth is 6400 km

(express answer with appropriate units)

 

speed of a physics student in fairbanks alaska at latitude 65 degrees

express with appropriate units

 

 

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The angular velocity of a point relative to an axis is defined as the variation ratio of the particle's the angular position (relative to the axis),

The units for the angular velocity are rad/s or simply s1. The angular velocity can be treated as a vector whose direction is perpendicular to the plane in which the particle rotates and given by the right-hand rule. For example, if a particle rotates in the 

 plane its angular velocity is parallel to the  axis, in the positive direction, if it rotates in the counter-clockwise direction and the negative for a clockwise rotation.

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