The Earth turns on its axis approximately once every 24 hours. The radius of the Earth is 6.38 ×10^6 m. If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating (which is in reality not possible), with what speed would the Earth’s inhabitants who live at the equator go flying off the Earth’s surface? *Use g=9.8         a. 27 838 m/s b. 1 670 280 m/s c. 93.5 m/s d. 464 m/s e. 867 m/s

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4. The Earth turns on its axis approximately once every 24 hours. The radius of the Earth is 6.38 ×10^6 m. If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating (which is in reality not possible), with what speed would the Earth’s inhabitants who live at the equator go flying off the Earth’s surface? *Use g=9.8
 
 
 
 
a. 27 838 m/s
b. 1 670 280 m/s
c. 93.5 m/s
d. 464 m/s
e. 867 m/s
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