Chapter 8: Q.42 (page 200)
You鈥檝e taken your neighbor鈥檚 young child to the carnival to ride the rides. She wants to ride The Rocket. Eight rocket-shaped cars hang by chains from the outside edge of a large steel disk. A vertical axle through the center of the ride turns the disk, causing the cars to revolve in a circle. You鈥檝e just finished taking physics, so you decide to figure out the speed of the cars while you wait. You estimate that the disk is in diameter and the chains are long. The ride takes to reach full speed, then the cars swing out until the chains are from vertical. What is the cars鈥 speed?
Short Answer
The car's speed is.

