Question
An 82 kg alpaca on a merry-go-round is traveling in a circle with a radius of 3.0 m.
It takes 10 seconds to go around one time completely.
What is the centripetal acceleration of the alpaca?
3.6 m/s2
A) 200 m/s2
B) 120 m/s2
C) 1.2 m/s2
It takes 10 seconds to go around one time completely.
What is the centripetal acceleration of the alpaca?
3.6 m/s2
A) 200 m/s2
B) 120 m/s2
C) 1.2 m/s2
Answers
R_scott
v^2 / r ... (2 * π * 3 / 10)^2 / 3 m