A Ferris wheel with a radius of 9.9 m rotates at a constant rate, completing one revolution every 36 s. Suppose the Ferris wheel begins to decelerate at the rate of 0.19 rad/s² when the passenger is at the top of the wheel.
Find the magnitude of the passenger's acceleration at that time.

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Answer:

9.68 m/s2

Explanation:

If it completes 1 revolution, or 2π for every 36 seconds, then its angular speed ω is 2π/36 = 0.1745 rad/s

So the centripetal acceleration would be

[tex]a_c = \omega^2 r = 0.1745^2*9.9 = 0.3 m/s^2[/tex]

The tangential acceleration is:

[tex]a_t = \alpha r = 0.19*9.9 = 1.881 m/s^2[/tex]

When the passenger is on top of the wheel, the tangential acceleration is horizontal, while centripetal acceleration is vertical, acting upward, gravitational acceleration g is 9.8 m/s2 acting downward. The total vertical acceleration is 0.3 - 9.8 = -9.5 m/s2

So the magnitude of the total acceleration consisting of horizontal and vertical components is:

[tex]a = \sqrt{a_v^2 + a_c^2} = \sqrt{9.5^2 + 1.881^2} = \sqrt{90.25 + 3.538161} = \sqrt{93.788161} = 9.68m/s^2[/tex]

Acceleration can be defined as rate of change in the movement. The total magnitude of acceleration of the passenger's at that time is [tex]\bold{ 9.68\ m/s^2 }[/tex] .

 

The  angular speed ω is 2π/36 = 0.1745 rad/s

So the centripetal acceleration will be,

[tex]\bold {a_c = \omega ^2r }\\\\\bold {a_c = 0.1745^2 \times 9.9 }\\\\\bold {a_c = 0.3\ m/s^2}[/tex]

The tangential acceleration,

[tex]\bold {a_t = \alpha r}\\\bold {a_t =0.19\times 9.9 }\\\bold {a_t =1.88\ m/s^2}[/tex]

The total vertical acceleration is

[tex]\bold {a_v = a_c g}\\\bold {a_v = 0.3 \times 9.8 }\\\bold {a_v =-9.5\ m/s^2}[/tex]

So, magnitude of the total acceleration of the passenger's including  horizontal and vertical components is:

[tex]\bold {a = \sqrt{a^2_v + a^2_c} }\\\\\bold {a = \sqrt{-9.5^2 + 1.88^2}}\\\\\bold {a = \sqrt{90.25 +3.538 }}\\\\\bold {a = 9.68\ m/s^2}[/tex]

Therefore, the total magnitude of acceleration of the passenger's at that time is [tex]\bold{ 9.68\ m/s^2 }[/tex] .

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