You can't see beyond a blind turn, so a mirror would allow you to see around the corner.
If it's not moving at all at the beginning of the 10 seconds, then it falls 490 meters straight down in 10 seconds.
(Note: This is true of all objects on Earth . . . rubber balls, feathers, grains of sand, school buses, battle ships . . . everything. As long as air doesn't hold them back. Anything falling from rest falls 490 meters in the first 10 seconds.)
Answer:
a = 0.55 m / s²
Explanation:
The centripetal acceleration is given by the relation
a = v² / r
angular and linear velocities are related
v = w r
we substitute
a = w² r
In the exercise they indicate the angular velocity w = 1 rev/min, let's reduce to the SI system
w = 1 rev / min (2pi rad / 1rev) (1min / 60s) = 0.105 rad/ s
let's calculate
a = 0.105² 50.0
a = 0.55 m / s²
