Almost true but not quite.
That would give you the negative of the actual acceleration.
It should be the other way around:
(final v) minus (initial v), then divide by time.
Answer:
20.25 m
Explanation:
- <u>Centripetal acceleration </u>is given by; the square of the velocity, divided by the radius of the circular path.
That is;
<em><u>ac = v²/r</u></em>
<em> </em><em><u> Where; ac = acceleration, centripetal, m/s², v is the velocity, m/s and r is the radius, m</u></em>
Therefore;
r = v²/ac
= 27²/36
= 20.25 m
Hence the radius is 20.25 meters