Passengers in a carnival ride move at constant speed in a circle of radius 5.0 m, making a complete revolution in 4.0 s. As they spin, they feel their backs pressing against the wall holding them in the ride. A. What is the direction of the passengers' acceleration? a. No direction (zero acceleration) b. Directed towards center c. Directed away from center d. Directed tangentially B. What is the passengers' linear speed in m/s? C. What is the magnitude of their acceleration in m/s^2? D. What is their angular speed in rad/s?

A. b) Directed towards center

B.

C.

D.

Explanation:

The "force" that they feel pressing their backs against the wall is because the reaction to the  centripetal acceleration .

A.

This acceleration has its direction towards the center of the circle. (option b)

B.

Their linear speed can be calculated with the equation:

Where is the total angular position moved in radians (), 't' is the time elapsed for the angular position moved and 'r' is the radius. So we have that:

C.

The centripetal acceleration is given by the equation:

D.

Their angular speed is given by the equation:

answer: at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.

explanation:

since we have given that

the population for alpha city, t years after january 1, 2004 is given as

first we find out the initial population, i.e. t=0,

so, our quadratic equation becomes,

according to question, we have said that if the population has twice its initial population, then it becomes

so, time taken to reach this above mentioned population is given by

now, we know that time can't be negative so, we take t=9.149 years.

hence, at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.