An amusement park ride consists of a cylindrical chamber of radius R that can rotate. The...

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An amusement park ride consists of a cylindrical chamber ofradius R that can rotate. The riders stand along the wall and thechamber begins to rotate. Once the chamber is rotating fast enough(at a constant speed), the floor of the ride drops away and theriders remain \"stuck\" to the wall. The coefficients of frictionbetween the rider and the wall are us and uk. 1. Draw a free bodydiagram of a rider of mass m after the floor has fallen away. 2. Isthe rider on the wall accelerating? If so, in what direction?Should our FBD be balanced? 3. Write Newton's second law in thevertical direction. 4. Write Newton's second law in the horizontaldirection. 5. If the ride takes a time T to go through one fullrevolution, what is the speed of the rider on the wall of the ride?6. Assume that the ride is spinning just fast enough to keep therider on the wall. Using the equations found in questions #3 and#4, calculate the minimum velocity to keep the rider suspended. 7.You get on the ride and notice another rider beside you who hastwice your mass. If the ride is going just fast enough to keep yoususpended, will the person beside you have a problem on the ride?8. After a rider gets sick on the ride, the operator hoses down thewalls of the ride, which reduces the coefficient of friction byhalf. What happens to the minimum velocity required for the riderto remain suspended?

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