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A space station, in the form of a wheel 135 m in diameter, rotates to provide an "artificial gravity" of 2.70 m/s^2 for persons who walk around on the inner wall of the outer rim. Find the rate of rotation of the wheel (in revolutions per minute) that will produce this effect.

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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