Unlike a roller coaster, the seats in a Ferris wheel swivel so that the rider is always seated upright. An 80-ft-diameter Ferris wheel rotates once every 24 s. What is the apparent weight of a 40 kg passenger at the lowest point of the circle?What is the apparent weight of a 40 kg passenger at the highest point of the circle?

a

b

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

    The diameter of the Ferris wheel is  

    The  period of the Ferris wheel is  

     The  mass of the passenger is  

The  apparent weight of the passenger at the lowest point is mathematically represented as

Where   is the centripetal force on the passenger,  which is mathematically represented as

Where is the angular velocity which is mathematically represented as

substituting values

and  r  is the radius which is evaluated as

   substituting values

So

W is the weight which is mathematically represented as

So

The  apparent weight of the passenger at the highest point is mathematically represented as

substituting values

explanation:

as the height from which the ruler was dropped increased, the speed of the ruler at ryan's hand increased.