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Assume that the earth is a solid sphere of uniform density and a tunnel is dug along its diameter throughout the earth. It is found that when a particle is released in this tunnel, it executes a simple harmonic motion. The mass of the particle is 100 g. The time period of the motion of the particle will be (approximately)

(Take g = 10 m s$^{-2}$ , radius of earth = 6400 km)

12 hours
1 hour 24 minutes
24 hours
1 hour 40 minutes

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