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At the local carnival you and a friend decide to take a ride on the Ferris wheel. As the w...

At the local carnival you and a friend decide to take a ride on the Ferris wheel. As the wheel rotates with a constant angular speed, your friend poses the following questions: (a) is my linear velocity constant? (b) Is my linear speed constant? (c) is the magnitude of my centripetal acceleration constant? (d) Is the direction of my centripetal acceleration constant? What is your answer to each of these questions?

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