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i) The gravitational attraction will not change and depends only on the mass and its distance from the centre of the Earth.
ii) The spring balance would read less.With increasing speed of rotation of the Earth, more gravitational force is needed to provide the centripetal force. The object's weight, which is the difference between the total gravitational force and the centripetal force is therefore less.
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