How Do You Find Velocity in a Rotating Amusement Park Ride?

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Here's the problem. I don't understand how to get the velocity?

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An amusement park ride consists of a rotating
circular platform 8.26 m in diameter from
which 10 kg seats are suspended at the end
of 3.9 m massless chains. When the system
rotates, the chains make an angle of 17.9 with
the vertical.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .


I tried finding vx then doing vx*tanθ, but the computer said I was wrong...ANY HELP WOULD BE AMAZING! :frown:
 
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