Question

A Ferris wheel cart has a mass of 800 kg as it spins around a radius of 32 m. If the Ferris wheel travels with a tangential velocity of 1.2 m/s, what is the centripetal force on the Ferris wheel?

Answer 1

Given:

A Ferris wheel cart has a mass of 800 kg as it spins around a radius of 32 m. The Ferris wheel travels with a tangential velocity of 1.2 m/s.

To find:

Centripetal force on Deris wheel?

Calculation:

So, the centripetal force experienced at the edge of the wheel will be :

$\therefore \: F_{c} = \dfrac{m {v}^{2} }{r}$

$\implies \: F_{c} = \dfrac{800 \times {(1.2)}^{2} }{32}$

$\implies \: F_{c} = \dfrac{800 \times 1.44 }{32}$

$\implies \: F_{c} = \dfrac{1152 }{32}$

$\implies \: F_{c} = 36 \: N$

So , the centripetal force on the edge of the Ferris Wheel is 36 N.