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Given information

The diameter of the ferris wheel =

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Centripetal acceleration  

Where,  is the velocity and is the radius.

Newton’s second law of motion  

Where,   is the mass and is the acceleration.

Angular speed,    

Where is the velocity and  is the radius.

Weightless means zero normal force exerted on the passenger

 

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