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The correct option, from the following options, for the consequence of the situation when Earth rotated twice as fast as it currently does, but its motion around the Sun stayed the same,

(a) The night would be twice as long.

(b) The night would be half as long.

(c) The year would be half as long.

(d) The length of the day would be unchanged.

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