A giant wheel in an amusement park has seats attached at a distance of from its centre
PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Motion in a Plane · Motion in a Plane
Problem
A giant wheel in an amusement park has seats attached at a distance of 8m from its centre. The wheel completes one full revolution every 20s. During a test run the wheel is operated for 60s. Use this information to answer the questions below.
(i) State the relation between speed (v), radius (r) and period (T) for an object in circular motion.
(ii) Calculate the speed of a seat on the wheel during one revolution.
(iii) Using your result from part (ii), prepare a speed–time table at 20s intervals up to 60s, and sketch the corresponding speed–time graph.
(iv) From the graph, comment on whether the motion of a seat on the wheel is uniformly circular and justify your answer.