Question

A ball connected to a 1.1 m string and is swing in circular fashion. It’s tangential velocity is 15 m/s. What is its centripetal acceleration?

Answer 1

Answer:

ac = 204 [m/s²]

Explanation:

To solve this problem we must use the following equation that relates the tangential velocity to the radius of rotation.

ac = v²/r

where:

v = tangential velocity = 15 [m/s]

r = radius = 1.1 [m]

Now replacing we have:

ac = (15)²/1.1

ac = 204 [m/s²]