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 Jul 11th 2017, 11:19 AM #1 Junior Member   Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 6 Man in a rotating spaceship A spaceman, who weighs 75 kg on the Earth, is in a room of a spaceship that is rotating around the axis through the centre of the spaceship with angular speed $\displaystyle \omega = 0,5 rad/s$. The spaceman is on a weight scale and he sees that he weighs 70 kg. At what distance he is from the axe of rotation? How can I deal with this problem? I don't know what formula use!
 Jul 11th 2017, 12:41 PM #2 Physics Team     Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Naperville, IL USA Posts: 2,225 Basic formula (as often the case) is: $\displaystyle F = m a$ For a rotating frame with constant angular velocity the value of acceleration is $\displaystyle a =r \omega^2$. You have values for m, F, and $\displaystyle \omega$, so you should be able to solve for r.
 Jul 12th 2017, 02:59 AM #3 Junior Member   Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 6 Thank you!

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