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Grade 11Mechanics

A woman 1.6 m tall stands upright at latitude 50° for 24 h. (a) During this interval, how much farther does the top of her head move than the sales of her feet? (b) How much greater is the acceleration of the top of her head than the acceleration of the sales of her feet? Consider only effects associated with the rotation of the Earth.

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Therefore, the acceleration of the head of the women is greater than the acceleration of her feet by 5.4 x 10-9 m/s2 .