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OS-AP-6-10 · OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e

Centripetal Acceleration (Problem 10)

A fairground ride spins its occupants inside a flying saucer-shaped container. If the horizontal circular path the riders follow has an 8.00 m radius, at how many revolutions per minute will the riders be subjected to a centripetal acceleration whose magnitude is 1.50 times that due to gravity?