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In an amusement park ride, a giant, wheel-shaped tube rotates about a vertical axis and when...

In an amusement park ride, a giant, wheel-shaped tube rotates about a vertical axis and when the angular velocity of the tube gets to a certain value, the floor of the cage drops out and the riders “stick” to the wall of the cage.

a) Draw a FBD of all the forces acting on a rider once the floor drops out

b) If the coefficient of static friction between the wall and the rider is 0.320 and the cage has a radius of 2.75m, what is the minimum angular velocity of the ride in order for the riders to remain “stuck” to the wall?

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