A 30.0-kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 24.0 m. (a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child? magnitude The child moves in a circle on the Ferris wheel. Calculate the centripetal acceleration for the circular motion. m/s2 direction ---Select--- toward the center of the path away from the center of the path tangent to the path The magnitude is zero. (b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride? magnitude N direction ---Select--- up toward the center down away from the center tangent to the left tangent to the right The magnitude is zero. (c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride? magnitude N direction ---Select--- up away from the center down toward the center tangent to the left tangent to the right The magnitude is zero. (d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom? (Assume the Ferris wheel is rotating clockwise and the child is moving upward.) magnitude N direction ° counter-clockwise from the horizontal

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A 30.0-kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 24.0 m.

(a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child?

magnitude	The child moves in a circle on the Ferris wheel. Calculate the centripetal acceleration for the circular motion. m/s²
direction	---Select--- toward the center of the path away from the center of the path tangent to the path The magnitude is zero.

(b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride?

magnitude	N
direction	---Select--- up toward the center down away from the center tangent to the left tangent to the right The magnitude is zero.

magnitude	N
direction	---Select--- up away from the center down toward the center tangent to the left tangent to the right The magnitude is zero.

(d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom? (Assume the Ferris wheel is rotating clockwise and the child is moving upward.)

magnitude	N
direction	° counter-clockwise from the horizontal

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