
Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 5, Problem 64P
You stand on a spring scale at the north pole and again at the equator. Which scale reading will be lower, and by what percentage will it be lower than the higher reading? Assume g has the same value at pole and equator.
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