Question

A car experiences a centripetal acceleration of 4.4 m/s ^2 as ur rounds a corner with a speed of 15 m/s. What is the radius of the corner?

Answer 1

The calculation of the centripetal acceleration of an object following a circular path is based on the equation,

                  a = v² / r

where a is the acceleration, v is the velocity, and r is the radius.

Substituting the known values from the given above,

             4.4 m/s² = (15 m/s)² / r

The value of r from the equation is 51.14 m.

Answer: 51.14 m