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From: thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Date: Sunday, July 22, 2007 1:36 am

Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: centripetal force question

> Harry Veeder wrote:
>
> >
> Interesting thread. The reason I started it was because I'd like
> to
> know, suppose the earth started spinning faster, say 10 times it's
> present rotational speed, how much weight would I loose?
>

your weight lost in newtons would be:  mr(w^2)

where m is your mass in kg,
w is revolutions/second,
and r is the radius of earth in meters.

To convert newtons to pounds multiply by .225

Harry

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