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Chapter 10 Problem 5CQ

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Problem 5CQ

At the local carnival you and a friend decide to take a ride on the Ferris wheel. As the wheel rotates with a constant angular speed, your friend poses the following questions: (a) is my linear velocity constant? (b) Is my linear speed constant? (c) is the magnitude of my centripetal acceleration constant? (d) Is the direction of my centripetal acceleration constant? What is your answer to each of these questions?

Solution

a.)

Step 1 of 4

We have to find  whether the linear velocity for a person is constant when he/she  takes a ride on a Ferris wheel and it rotates with a constant angular speed.

The linear velocity is a vector so it depends on the magnitude and as well as the direction.

Since, a person’s direction is continuously changing on a Ferris wheel, his/her linear velocity will not be a constant.

Therefore, the linear velocity is not a constant.

b)

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

At the local carnival you and a friend decide to take a

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