College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 5 - Conceptual Questions - Page 184: 10

Answer

At the poles, a bathroom scale would read our true weight. A person's apparent weight would differ most from the true weight at the equator.

Work Step by Step

At the poles, a bathroom scale would read our true weight. Everywhere else on earth, the fact that a person is rotating with the earth means that the scale would show a value that is slightly less than our true weight. When a person is moving at a greater speed, there would be an even bigger effect. Therefore, a person's apparent weight would differ most from the true weight at the equator.
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