QUESTION 2 The following figure shows a Ferris wheel that rotates 3.6 times each minute and has a diameter of 17.7 m. What force does the seat exert on a 43-kg rider at the lowest point of the ride? Answer in units of N and round to one decimal place.
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The Ferris wheel rotates 3.6 times each minute. To find the angular velocity, we need to convert this to radians per second. There are 2π radians in one revolution, so the angular velocity is: angular velocity = (3.6 rotations/minute) * (2π radians/rotation) * (1 Show more…
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