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Caleb is swinging Rachel in a circle with a centripetal force of 533 N. If the radius of the circle is 0.75 m and Rachel has a mass of 16.4 kg, how fast is Rachel moving? Round to the nearest tenth.

m/s

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use Fc = m v^2 / r, so v = sqrt(Fc r / m).

v = sqrt(533 N * 0.75 m / 16.4 kg) = sqrt(24.375) ≈ 4.937 m/s ≈ 4.9 m/s.