Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781305960060
Author: Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Maren S. Hansen
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.6E
Earth’s rotation causes it to bulge at the equator. How would the weights of people of equal mass differ when one was determined at the equator and one at the North Pole? (See Exercise 1.5.)
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Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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