are designing an amusement park ride where riders will stand inside a rotating circular cylinder with their backs against the curved wall. After the cylinder reaches full rotation speed, the floor will lower and the riders will remain suspended against the wall by friction. The static friction coefficient is 0.6

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You are designing an amusement park ride where riders will stand inside a rotating circular cylinder with their backs against the curved wall. After the cylinder reaches full rotation speed, the floor will lower and the riders will remain suspended against the wall by friction. The static friction coefficient is 0.6 

a) determine the minimum acceration of a rider under these condition such that friction will successfully keep the rider from falling. 

b) find the speed at which a rider will just barely remain supported, for a cylinder with a radius 4.2 m

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