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A. Someday in the future a rehab hospital decides to set up a treatment center in space when the weight of a patient will be only 1/4 of the patients weight on Earth. To do this the floor is set up to be outside the wall of a rotating space wheel with a diameter of 400m. At what orbital speed must the edge of the space wheel rotate for this to occur?
Hint: set the desired wt(1/4 mg) equal to the centripetal force.
A. Someday in the future a rehab hospital decides to set up a treatment center in space when the weight of a patient will be only 1/4 of the patients weight on Earth. To do this the floor is set up to be outside the wall of a rotating space wheel with a diameter of 400m. At what orbital speed must the edge of the space wheel rotate for this to occur?
Hint: set the desired wt(1/4 mg) equal to the centripetal force.