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A fairgrounds ride spins its occupants inside a flying-saucer-shaped container. If the horizontal circular path the riders follow has a 7.00 m radius, at how many revolutions per minute will the riders be subjected to a centripetal acceleration 1.65 times that of gravity?
_________ rev/min
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