Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 5, Problem 63P
An astronaut is training in an earthbound centrifuge that consists of a small chamber whirled horizontally at the end of a 5.1-m-long shaft. The astronaut places a notebook on the vertical wall of the chamber and it stays in place. If the coefficient of static friction is 0.62, what’s the minimum rate at which the centrifuge must be revolving?
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