Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 53P
The New York Wheel is the world’s largest Ferris wheel. It’s 183 meters in diameter and rotates once every 37.3 min. Find the magnitudes of (a) the average velocity and (b) the average acceleration at the wheel’s rim, over a 5.00-min interval. (c) Compare your answer to (b) with the wheel’s instantaneous accelerations.
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