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A seat on a Ferris wheel moves at a constant tangential speed around the wheel. If the seat is 7 m from the center of the wheel and has a tangential speed of 0.5 m/s, what centripetal acceleration does the seat experience?

0.04 m/s2
0.07 m/s2
0.1 m/s2

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Answer:

centripetal acceleration formula

a = v²/r

v velocity

r radius

a= .5²/7

a = .25/7

a= .03571

ans .o3571

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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

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