A 60.0 kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 23.0 m. (a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child?  m/s2  --Direction-- tangent to the path away from the center of the path toward the center of the path (b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride? magnitude  N direction  ° (from upward) (c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride? magnitude  N direction  ° (from upward) (d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom? magnitude  N direction  ° (from upward)

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A 60.0 kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 23.0 m.

(a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child?
 m/s2  --Direction-- tangent to the path away from the center of the path toward the center of the path

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

(c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride?
magnitude  N
direction  ° (from upward)

(d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom?
magnitude  N
direction  ° (from upward)
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