On an Amusement Park Ride, Passengers Are Seated in a Horizontal

question 19

Multiple Choice

On an amusement park ride, passengers are seated in a horizontal circle of radius 7.5 m. The seats begin from rest and are uniformly accelerated for 21 seconds to a maximum rotational speed of 1.4 rad/s.
-What is the instantaneous tangential speed of the passengers 15 s after the acceleration begins?

• A)0.067 m/s
• B)0.50 m/s
• C)1.4 m/s
• D)7.5 m/s
• E)11 m/s

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