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Asked in JEE Main Online 2018 · Effect of the Earth's rotation
The apparent weight follows g_λ=g-ω²R cos²λ, where λ is the latitude.
Raising ω makes the subtracted term larger at every place where cos λ eq0.
At the poles λ=90°, so cos λ=0 and the term stays zero however fast the earth spins.
So the weight falls everywhere except at the poles.
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