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Weight of a body becomes greater at the pole than that at the equator . why ? ​
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Weight of a body becomes greater at the pole than that at the equator . why ?
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Because the Earth rotates it is wider around at the equator than around the pole.
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The distance from the Pole to the centre is smaller than the distance from the equator to the centre of the Earth. The weight decreases the further away from the centre of the Earth.
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