OK... This is the second time this semester I've made myself look like a fool because I was in radian mode...
Sorry... the answer is indeed arctan(33.95/421.4).
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A Ferris wheel that rotates three times each minute and has a diameter of 16.0 m
What force [magnitude and direction (measured inward from the vertical)] does the seat exert on a 43.0 kg rider when the rider is halfway between top and bottom, going up?
Ok, the magnitude is easy...
Fnet...