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Chapter 5, Problem 11

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QUESTION:

How many revolutions per minute would a 25-m diameter Ferris wheel need to make for the passengers to feel “weightless” at the topmost point?

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QUESTION:

How many revolutions per minute would a 25-m diameter Ferris wheel need to make for the passengers to feel “weightless” at the topmost point?

ANSWER:

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Here, we have to calculate the revolutions per minute of the Ferris wheel to make the passengers weightless at the top most point.

The diagrammatic representation of the problem is,

The figure 1 represents the motion Ferris wheel and its maximum and minimum force points

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