Register
Suppose you stand on the rim of a space station. If the radius of the station is 12,000 meters, at what tangential speed must the rim of the station move in order for you to have the same weight as on
1.5k views
3 votes
Suppose you stand on the rim of a space station. If the radius of the station is 12,000

meters, at what tangential speed must the rim of the station move in order for you to have the same weight as on the Earth?

[HINT: F=mv2/r = mg]

User Gaurav Kalyan
by
4.8k points

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer:

circle

Step-by-step explanation:

because Earth is not oblong

User Vasilij Nevlev
by
5.9k points
Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

5.6m questions

7.3m answers

Other Questions

How does the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor change with the geometry of the capacitor?
Explaining Wave Speed through Different Media Explain why the speed of light is lower than 3.0 × 108 m/s as it goes through different media.
Indy runs 2 kilometers every morning. She takes 2 minutes for the first 250 meters, 4 minutes for the next 1,000 meters, 1 minute for the next 350 meters, and 3 minutes for the rest. Cindy’s average speed
Explain why the roller coaster’s potential energy is greater at point 1 than at point 4.
the force is found by multiplying the mass of an object by velocity at which it travels. true or false
Link Copied!