An astronaut hangs on to a handrail on the rim of a disk-shaped space station that has a radius of 16 m and rotates once in 30 s. (a) What force must the rail exert on the astronaut? (Express this force as a fraction of the astronaut’s normal weight on the earth’s surface.) The rail must exert a force which is % of the astronaut’s normal weight. (b) What is the net force on the astronaut (expressed in the same way)? The net force on the astronaut is the (Click to select)( inward handrail force or outward handrail force) .

An astronaut hangs on to a handrail on the rim of a disk-shaped space station that has a radius of 16 m and rotates once in 30 s. (a) What force must the rail exert on the astronaut? (Express this force as a fraction of the astronaut’s normal weight on the earth’s surface.) The rail must exert a force which is % of the astronaut’s normal weight. (b) What is the net force on the astronaut (expressed in the same way)? The net force on the astronaut is the (Click to select)( inward handrail force or outward handrail force) .

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An astronaut hangs on to a handrail on the rim of a disk-shaped space station that has a radius of 16 m and rotates once in 30 s.

(a) What force must the rail exert on the astronaut? (Express this force as a fraction of the astronaut’s normal weight on the earth’s surface.)

The rail must exert a force which is % of the astronaut’s normal weight.

(b) What is the net force on the astronaut (expressed in the same way)?

The net force on the astronaut is the (Click to select)( inward handrail force or outward handrail force) .

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