Simulated gravitational acceleration

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you want to design a large, permanent space station so that no artificial gravity is necessary. you decide to shape it like a large coffee can of radius 322 m and rotate it about its central axis.
A) what rotational speed would be required to simulate gravitaty?
B)if an astronaut jogged in the direction of the rotation at 5 m/s, what is the simulated gravitational acceleration the astronaut would feel? answer in units of m/s^2
 
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