The figure below shows a Ferris wheel that rotates five times each minute. It ca

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The figure below shows a Ferris wheel that rotates five times each minute. It carries each car around a circle of diameter 19.0 m.

What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on a36.0-kg child when the rider is halfway between top and bottom?

magnitude N direction ? measured inward from the vertical The figure below shows a Ferris wheel that rotates five times each minute. It carries each car around a circle of diameter 19.0 m. What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on a36.0-kg child when the rider is halfway between top and bottom magnitude direction ? measured inward from the vertical

Explanation / Answer

rotates 5 time in a minute , = 5rpm = 5 x 2/60 = 0.524 rad/s

at halfway. in vertical
Ny = mg = 36 x 9.81 = 353.16 N upwards

horizontal Nx = m2r =

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