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Jlenok [28]
3 years ago
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A 56.0-kg child takes a ride on a Ferris wheel that rotates four times each minute and has a diameter of 22.0 m. (a) What is the

centripetal acceleration of the child? magnitude 1.76 m/s2 direction (b) What force (magnitude and direction) does the seat exert on the child at the lowest point of the ride? magnitude 647.4 N direction (c) What force does the seat exert on the child at the highest point of the ride? magnitude 450.2 N direction (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 79.8 ° counter-clockwise from the horizontal
Physics
1 answer:
Alona [7]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

a. 3.86 m/s²

b. 332.64 N directed upwards towards the center of the ferris wheel.

c. 764.96 N directed downwards towards the center of the ferris wheel.

d. 589.84 N at 21.5° counterclockwise from the horizontal direction.

Explanation:

a. Since the ferris wheel rotates 4 times per minute, its period, T = 60 s/4 = 15 s.

We now find it angular speed ω = 2π/T = 2π/15 = 0.418 rad/s

We then calculate its centripetal acceleration from a = rω² where r = radius of ferris wheel = 22.0 m.

So, a = 22 m × (0.418 rad/s)² = 3.86 m/s²

b. At the lowest point, the normal force, N and the centripetal force, F both act in opposite directions to the weight, mg of the object. So,

N + F = mg

N = mg - F      

N = mg - ma where a is the centripetal acceleration

N = m(g - a)

N = 56 kg(9.8 m/s² - 3.86 m/s²)

N = 56 kg × 5.94 m/s²

N = 332.64 m/s²

The normal force the seat exerts on the child is thus 332.64 N directed upwards towards the center of the ferris wheel.

c. At the highest point, the weight, mg of the object and the centripetal force, F both act in opposite directions to the normal force, N. So,

N = mg + F      

N = mg + ma where a is the centripetal acceleration

N = m(g + a)

N = 56 kg(9.8 m/s² + 3.86 m/s²)

N = 56 kg × 13.66 m/s²

N = 764.96 N

The normal force the seat exerts on the child is thus 764.96 N directed downwards towards the center of the ferris wheel.

d. Half way between the top and the bottom of the ferris wheel, the normal force must balance the weight and the centripetal force so the child doesn't fall off. For this to happen, the normal force is thus the resultanf of the centripetal force and the weight of the child. Since these two forces are perpendicular at this instance,

N = √[(mg)² + (ma)²] = m√(g² + a²) = 56 kg√[(9.8 m/s²)² + (3.86 m/s²)²] = 56 kg√[(97.196 (m/s²)² + 14.8996(m/s²)²] = 56kg√110.9396 (m/s²)² = 56 kg × 10.53 m/s² = 589.84 N.

Since the centripetal force acts towards the center of the ferris wheel in the horizontal direction, it is equal to the horizontal component of the normal force, Also, the weight acts downwards and is equal to the vertical component of the normal force.

So, the direction of the normal force is gotten from

tanθ = ma/mg = a/g

θ = tan⁻¹(a/g) = tan⁻¹(3.86 m/s² / -9.8 m/s²) = tan⁻¹(-0.3939) = -21.5°. Since the angle is it shows a counter clockwise direction.

So, the normal force is 589.84 N at 21.5° counterclockwise from the horizontal direction.

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