Power plants use generators to generate electricity for homes and businesses. some generators work by spinning a coil of wire inside a magnet, as shown in the image. to keep the coil of wire spinning, it’s often attached to a turbine, which is an axle with fan blades. different kinds of power plants use different methods to spin the turbine to make electricity. what’s one way a power plant might spin the turbine?

In an old-fashioned amusement park ride, passengers stand inside a 3.0-m-tall, 5.0-m-diameter hollow steel cylinder with their backs against the wall. the cylinder begins to rotate about a vertical axis. then the floor on which the passengers are standing suddenly drops away! if all goes well, the passengers will “stick” to the wall and not slide. clothing has a static coefficient of friction against steel in the range 0.60 to 1.0 and a kinetic coefficient in the range 0.40 to 0.70. part a what is the minimum rotational frequency, in rpm, for which the ride is safe? express your answer using two significant figures. f f = rpm