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A 50-kg ice skater moves around a bend at 8 m/s. The radius of the bend is 8 m. Centripetal force is provided by friction between the blade of the skates and the ice. What is the amount of centripetal force?
8 years ago

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Damon

m v^2/r = 50 * 64 / 8
= 400 m/s^2
8 years ago

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