Asked by christian

Julius competes in the hammer throw event. The hammer has a mass of 7.26 kg and is 1.215 m long.

What is the centripetal force on the hammer when it has a tangential speed of 31.95 m/s? The answer is rounded off to the nearest whole number.

190 N
840 N
1,400 N
6,100 N

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Fc = m v^2 / r = (7.26 kg)(31.95 m/s)^2 / 1.215 m.

(31.95)^2 = 1020.8025, so Fc = 7.26·1020.8025 / 1.215 ≈ 7411.03 / 1.215 ≈ 6099.6 N.

Rounded to the nearest whole number: 6,100 N.