The figure below shows a Ferris wheel that rotates five times each minute. It carries each...

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The figure below shows a Ferris wheel that rotates five timeseach minute. It carries each car around a circle of diameter 20.0m.What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on a53.0-kg child when the rider is halfway between top and bottom?(direction is measured inward from the vertical)
I got 588.7365. It is telling me i am within 10% of the correctvalue but i cant seem to get the right answer. i tried again andgot 538 which obviously isnt right because the correct answer iswithin 10% of 588

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Important point to remember in this case is that at this point acceleration due to gravity will be downward while centripetal acceleration will be See Answer

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