Question

Jesse is swinging Miguel in a circle at a tangential speed of 3.50 m/s. If the radius of the circle is 0.600 m and Miguel has a mass of 11.0 kg, what is the centripetal force on Miguel? Round to the nearest whole number. N

Answer 1

Answer:

225 N

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

224.6 N

Explanation:

We can use first the formula to calculate the centripetal acceleration, given by:

$a_c=\frac{v_t^2}{R}$

where the Vt is the tangential velocity, and R is the radius of the circular motion.

Then, for our case we have:

$a_c=\frac{v_t^2}{R}=\frac{3.5^2}{0.6}\approx 20.42\,\,\frac{m}{s^2}$

And now we multiply this acceleration by Miguel's mass (11 kg) to obtain the centripetal force acting on him:

$F_c=11 \,*\,20.42\,N = 224.6\,\,N$