You are slowly getting sick as you ride the Cajun Cliffhanger, a rotor ride which spins people in a circular room and drops the floor. The ride has a radius of 2.5 meters and makes 10 revolutions in 19 seconds. (a) Draw the forces on you as the room spins. (b) Which force is acting centripetally?________________ (c) Which force is holding you up?________________ (d) What is your speed as the room spins? (e) What is your centripetal acceleration? (f) What is the centripetal force acting on you? Assume you have a mass of 60 kg. (g) What is the magnitude of the normal force on you? (h) What is the magnitude of the force of gravity on you?
You are slowly getting sick as you ride the Cajun Cliffhanger, a rotor ride which spins people in a circular room and drops the floor. The ride has a radius of 2.5 meters and makes 10 revolutions in 19 seconds.
(a) Draw the forces on you as the room spins.
(b) Which force is acting centripetally?________________
(c) Which force is holding you up?________________
(d) What is your speed as the room spins?
(e) What is your centripetal acceleration?
(f) What is the
(g) What is the magnitude of the normal force on you?
(h) What is the magnitude of the force of gravity on you?
(i) How big must the friction force be to stop you from sliding down the wall?
(j) What is the minimum possible coefficient of friction on this ride so that you don’t slide down the wall?
(k) If the period of the ride were increased, would the minimum coefficient of friction to hold you up increase or decrease?
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