Why is the following situation impossible A space stationshaped like a giant wheel has a

Chapter 11, Problem 40

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Why is the following situation impossible? A space stationshaped like a giant wheel has a radius of r 5 100 m anda moment of inertia of 5.00 3 108 kg ? m2. A crew of150 people of average mass 65.0 kg is living on the rim,and the stations rotation causes the crew to experiencean apparent free-fall acceleration of g (Fig. P11.29).A research technician is assigned to perform an experimentin which a ball is dropped at the rim of the stationevery 15 minutes and the time interval for the ball todrop a given distance is measured as a test to make surethe apparent value of g is correctly maintained. Oneevening, 100 average people move to the center of thestation for a union meeting. The research technician,who has already been performing his experiment for anhour before the meeting, is disappointed that he cannotattend the meeting, and his mood sours even further byhis boring experiment in which every time interval forthe dropped ball is identical for the entire evening.