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The Earth is a sphere that rotates about an axis that passes through the north pole and the south pole. If one person is standing at the north pole- another at the south pole- and a third at the equator of the Earth- which one will be traveling at a higher tangential velocity? (Tangential velocity means the speed parallel to the surface of the Earth.)

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The Earth is a sphere that rotates about an axis that passes through the north pole and the south pole. If one person is standing at the north pole- another at the south pole- and a third at the equator of the Earth- which one will be traveling at a higher tangential velocity? (Tangential velocity means the speed parallel to the surface of the Earth.)






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