The speed with which the earth would have to rotate about its axis so that a person on the equator would weigh $\frac{3}{5}$ th as much as at present weight is ($g=$ gravitational acceleration,$R=$ equatorial radius of the earth).

  • A
    $\sqrt{\frac{2g}{5R}}$
  • B
    $\sqrt{\frac{3g}{5R}}$
  • C
    $\sqrt{\frac{5R}{3g}}$
  • D
    $\sqrt{\frac{3}{5}gR}$

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