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Which latitudes of earth do people experience the greatest tangential speed??

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Answer: 1 and 3 on ed.

Tangential speed is dependent on an objects distance from the center of the circle.

People living at 0 degrees latitude experience the greatest tangential speed.

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Tangential speed is dependent on an object's distance from the center of the circle. The farther away from the center an object is, the faster the object has to travel. Therefore, people living at a latitude of 0 degrees experience the greatest tangential speed.
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