M2 need some explaining in circular motion question

question 12
ive manage to get that the acceleration towards earth of the object on the equator was about 0.03 but,on the second part,the answer was the object at the north pole accelerates faster by 0.03, im trying to visualise this and its pretty hard to see why, can someone please explain?

At the poles, gravity is pulling the object down.

At the equator, the force of gravity is moving the object in a circular path AND pulling the object down.

i dont see why the acceleration on the equator would be slower by 0.03 tho? there is no force pushing it upwards?

At the Equator, the force required to move in a circle is 0.03m. This force comes from gravity. So what's left is available to accelerate the object downwards, i.e. the gravitational acceleration as experienced.

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