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A sizable quantity of soil is washed down the Mississippi

Chapter 28, Problem 93TAE

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A sizable quantity of soil is washed down the Mississippi River and deposited in the Gulf of Mexico each year. What effect does this tend to have on the length of a day? (Hint: Relate this to Figure 8.52.)

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QUESTION:

A sizable quantity of soil is washed down the Mississippi River and deposited in the Gulf of Mexico each year. What effect does this tend to have on the length of a day? (Hint: Relate this to Figure 8.52.)

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When a sizable quantity of soil is washed down the Mississippi river to the Gulf of Mexico, the mass is displaced from the center of rotation to the edges.

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