A future use of space stations may be to provide hospitals for severely burned persons. It is very painful for a badly burned person on Earth to lie in bed. In a space station, the effect of gravity can be reduced or eliminated. With what period of rotation would a doughnut-shaped hospital of 200. m radius have to rotate, if persons on the outer perimeter are to experience 1/10 the gravity effect of Earth?
A) 1.5 min
B) 8.7 min
C) 4.6 min
D) 91. min
E) 0.011 min

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The correct answer is A because the period of rotation for a doughnut-shaped hospital of 200. m radius to have persons on the outer perimeter experience 1/10 the gravity effect of Earth is 1.5 min.

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