Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638091
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11.5, Problem 11.8CQ
The Ferris wheel is rotating with a constant angular velocity ω. What is the direction of the acceleration of point A?
- a. →
- b. ↑
- c. ↓
- d. ←
- e. The acceleration is zero.
Fig. P11.CQ8
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