A particular Ferris wheel (a rigid wheel rotating in a vertical plane about a ho

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A particular Ferris wheel (a rigid wheel rotating in a vertical plane about a horizontal axis) at a local carnival has a radius of 20.0 m and it completes 1 revolution in 8.66 seconds. (a) What is the speed of a point on the edge of the wheel? (b) and (c) Using the coordinate system shown, find the (b) x and (c) y components of the acceleration of point A at the top of the wheel. Find the (d) x and (e) y components of the acceleration of point B at the bottom of the wheel. Find the (f) x and (g) y components of the acceleration of point C at the edge of the wheel.

Explanation / Answer

You found V = 13.4688 m/sALwasy remember: the centripetal foprce/acceleration is normal to circle alwaysb) SO ax = 0c) ay = V^2/R = 9.070 m/sd) ax = 0e) ay = v^2/R = 9.070 m/sf) ax = v^2/R = 9.070 m/sg) ay = 0

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