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 70 kg passenger at (a) the lowest point of the circle and (b) the highest point?

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 70 kg passenger at (a) the lowest point of the circle and (b) the highest point?

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