A 40-kg child rides on a circus Ferris wheel that takes her around a vertical circular path with a radius of 30 m every 30 s. What is the magnitude of the total resultant force on the child at the highest point on this trajectory?   Question 10 options:   8.4 N   47 N   1.6 kN   53 N   63 N

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A 40-kg child rides on a circus Ferris wheel that takes her around a vertical circular path with a radius of 30 m every 30 s. What is the magnitude of the total resultant force on the child at the highest point on this trajectory?

 

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8.4 N

 

47 N

 

1.6 kN

 

53 N

 

63 N

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