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A day is if the Earth were rotating so fast that objects at the equator were apparently weightless.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

For weightless, centripetal acceleration = , and  

Where,   is the acceleration due to gravity,  is centripetal acceleration, is the velocity, and is the radius

 

    

 

     

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