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A building is located on the earth's equator. Which has the greatest tangential speed due to the earth's rotation, the top floor, the bottom floor, or neither?
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A building is located on the earth's equator. Which has the greatest tangential speed due to the earth's rotation, the top floor, the bottom floor, or neither?

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Answer: The top floor will have the highest Tangential velocity.

Explanation: the top floor will have the highest tangential velocity because it is fartherest from the center of rotation.

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