The speed with which the earth would have to rotate about its axis so that a person on the equator would weigh $\frac{1}{6}$ th as much as at present is ($g=$ gravitational acceleration,$R=$ equatorial radius of the earth).

  • A
    $\sqrt{\frac{5}{6} \frac{g}{R}}$
  • B
    $\sqrt{\frac{1}{6} \frac{g}{R}}$
  • C
    $\sqrt{\frac{6}{5} \frac{R}{g}}$
  • D
    $\sqrt{\frac{6}{5}} g R$

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