What is the centripetal acceleration of an automobile driving at 80.0 km/h on a circular track of radiu?
brandon asked:
What is the centripetal acceleration of an automobile driving at 80.0 km/h on a circular track of radius 25.0 m?
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What is the centripetal acceleration of an automobile driving at 80.0 km/h on a circular track of radius 25.0 m?
March 16th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
It’s the square of the speed divided by the radius of the circle. frediwhite@verizon.net
March 18th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
a = v2 / r
So in your case, it is:
80.0 km/h = 80000/3600 = 22.22m/s
So a = 22.23m/s * 22.23m/s / 25m
Centripetal Acceleration a = 19.76m/s2 (19.76 meters per second squared) Venkat