A 49.0 kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 18.0 m. (a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child?   1.58 m/s2  --Direction-- tangent to the path toward the center of the path away from the center of the path  (b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride? magnitude 557.62  N direction   ° (from upward) (c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride? magnitude  402.78 N direction  ° (from upward) (d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom? magnitude  N direction  ° (from upward) Some have already been answered, they told me to ask again to get the other parts

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A 49.0 kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 18.0 m.

(a) What is the centripetal acceleration of the child?
  1.58 m/s2  --Direction-- tangent to the path toward the center of the path away from the center of the path 

(b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride?
magnitude 557.62  N
direction  
° (from upward)
(c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride?
magnitude  402.78 N
direction  ° (from upward)
(d) What force does the seat exert on the child when the child is halfway between the top and bottom?
magnitude  N
direction  ° (from upward)

Some have already been answered, they told me to ask again to get the other parts

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