Question

The Value of Acceleration due to Gravity

(a) is same on Equator and Poles
(b) is least on Poles
(c) is least on Equator
(d) increases from Pole to Equator

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Answer 1

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The Value of Acceleration due to Gravity is the least on the Equator.

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The value of acceleration due to gravity is maximum at poles and minimum at the equator because the centrifugal force for the earth's spinning is vanishes at poles and maximum at the equator.

Because the force due to the gravitational attraction between two bodies (the Earth and the object being weighed) varies inversely with the square of the distance between them, an object at the Equator experiences a weaker gravitational pull than an object at the poles.

So, option (c) is the correct answer!

Answer 2

Solution :-

The Distance from Center to the Surface of the Earth is more at Equator, Since $\bold {g = \frac{(G \times M)}{r^2}}$, More the r, Less will be the Acceleration due to Gravity.

∴ The Option (c) - is Least on Equator is the Right Answer...

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