sloped surface of the cone.

$($a$)$ What centripetal acceleration does a bit of fruit experience when it is spinning with the basket at a point midway between the top and bottom?

$($b$)$ Observe that the weight of the fruit is a negligible force. What is the normal force on $1\mathrm{.}00g$ of fruit at that point?

$N$

temporarily stuck?

$\frac{m}{s^2}($radially up the wall of the cone$)$