An amusement park ride consists of a rotating circular platform 8.26 m in diameter from which 10 kg seats are suspended at the end of 1.14 m massless chains. When the system rotates, the chains make an angle of 16.2 degrees with the vertical. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2.
1. What is the speed of each seat? I fixed my answer and got 3.57 m/s.
2. If a child of mass 26.2 kg sits in a seat, what is the tension in the chain (for the same angle)?
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