the minimum coefficient of static friction
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In a "Rotor-ride" at a carnival, people pay money to be rotated in a vertical cylindrically walled "room."
If the room radius is 4.2 m, and the rotation frequency is 0.6 revolutions per second when the floor drops out, what is the minimum coefficient of static friction so that the people will not slip down?
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It finds the minimum coefficient of static friction so that the people will not slip down in the rotor ride at a carnival.
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coefficient of static friction that holds people against a vertical wall
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