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Two objects of different mass rest on earth. Which one experiences the greater acceleration due to gravity?

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The object with less mass will experience greater acceleration.

We know, their product would be constant which we know as "Force"

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a) $a=33.73mm/s^{2}$

b) mg>N

c) $\%_{change}=0.343\%$

d) $a=24.07mm/s^{2}$

Explanation:

In order to solve part a) of the problem, we can start by drawing a free body diagram of the presented situation. (see attached picture).

In this case, we know the centripetal acceleration is given by the following formula:

$a_{c}=\omega ^{2}r$

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$\omega=\frac{2\pi}{T}$

we know the period of rotation of the earth is about 24 hours, so:

$T=24hr*\frac{3600s}{1hr}=86400s$

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$\omega=\frac{2\pi}{86400s}$

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$a_{c} =(72.72x10^{-6} rad/s^{2})^{2}(6478x10^{3}m)$

which yields:

$a_{c}=33.73mm/s^{2}$

In order to answer part b, we must draw a free body diagram of us sitting on a chair. (See attached picture.)

So we can do a sum of forces in equilibrium:

$\sum F=0$

so we get that:

$N-mg+ma_{c} = 0$

and solve for the normal force:

$N=mg-ma_{c}$

In this case, we can clearly see that:

$mg>mg-ma_{c}$

therefore mg>N

This is because the centripetal acceleration is pulling us upwards, that will make the magnitude of the normal force smaller than the product of the mass times the acceleration of gravity.

So let's calculate our weight and normal force:

Let's say we weight a total of 60kg, so:

$mg=(60kg)(9.81m/s^{2})=588.6N$

and let's calculate the normal force:

$N=m(g-a_{c})$

$N=(60kg)(9.81m/s^{2}-33.73x10^{-3}m/s^{2})$

N=586.58N

so now we can calculate the percentage change:

$\%_{change} = \frac{mg-N}{mg}x100\%$

so we get:

$\%_{change} = \frac{588.6N-586.58N}{588.6N} x 100\%$

$\%_{change}=0.343\%$

which is a really small change.

d) In order to find this acceleration, we need to start by calculating the radius of rotation at that point of earth. (See attached picture).

There, we can see that the radius can be found by using the cos function:

$cos \theta = \frac{AS}{h}$

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