A 48.0-kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 22.0 m. (a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child? magnitude      m/s2 direction      Select one: ( ) Towards the center of the path ( ) Away from the center of the path ( ) Tangent from the path ( ) The magnitude is zero   (b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride? magnitude      N direction      Select one: ( ) Up twords the cdnter ( ) Down away from the center ( ) Tangent from the left ( ) Tangent from the right ( ) The magnitude is zero   (c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride? magnitude      N direction      Select one: ( ) Up zway towards the center ( ) Down towards the center ( ) Tangent to the left ( ) Tangent to the right ( ) The magnitude is zero.

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A 48.0-kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 22.0 m.

(a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child?
magnitude      m/s2
direction      Select one:
( ) Towards the center of the path
( ) Away from the center of the path
( ) Tangent from the path
( ) The magnitude is zero
 


(b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride?

magnitude      N
direction      Select one:
( ) Up twords the cdnter
( ) Down away from the center
( ) Tangent from the left
( ) Tangent from the right
( ) The magnitude is zero
 


(c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride?

magnitude      N
direction      Select one:
( ) Up zway towards the center
( ) Down towards the center
( ) Tangent to the left
( ) Tangent to the right
( ) The magnitude is zero.

 

(d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom? (Assume the Ferris wheel is rotating clockwise and the child is moving upward.)

magnitude      _____N
direction     
___° counter-clockwise from the horizontal



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