The radius of the Earth is $6400 \,km$ and the acceleration due to gravity is $g=10 \,ms^{-2}$. For the weight of a body of mass $5 \,kg$ to be zero at the equator,the rotational angular velocity of the Earth must be (in $rad/s$):

  • A
    $\frac{1}{80}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{400}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{800}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{1600}$

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