A woman rides a carnival Ferris wheel at radius 15 m, completing five turns about its horizontal axis every minute.What are (a) the period of the motion, the (b) magnitude and (c) direction of her centripetal acceleration at the highest point, and the (d) magnitude and (e) direction of her centripetal acceleration at the lowest point?

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A woman rides a carnival Ferris wheel at radius 15 m,
completing five turns about its horizontal axis every minute.What
are (a) the period of the motion, the (b) magnitude and (c) direction
of her centripetal acceleration at the highest point, and the (d) magnitude
and (e) direction of her centripetal acceleration at the lowest
point?

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