SOLUTION: A planet rotates on an axis through its poles and 1 revolution takes 1 day (1 day is 26 hours). The distance from the axis to a location on the planet north latitude is abou
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Question 1181472: A planet rotates on an axis through its poles and 1 revolution takes 1 day (1 day is 26 hours). The distance from the axis to a location on the planet north latitude is about 3365.5 miles. Therefore, a location on the planet at north latitude is spinning on a circle of radius 3365.5 miles. Compute the linear speed on the surface of the planet at north latitude.
Answer by ikleyn(52834) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Take the circumference at the given radius, and then divide the circumference by 26 hours, the time of one single rotation.
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