Question

What is the centripetal acceleration of a vehicle rounding a corner with a radius of 15m going 20.m/s? Please show your work

Answer 1

Centripetal acceleration is defined as

`a_c = (v^2)/(R)`

here we know that

`v = 20 m/s`

also we know that

`R = 15 m`

now from above equation we will have

`a_c = (20^2)/(15)`

`a_c = 26.67 m/s^2`

so its centripetal acceleration will be 26.67 m/s^2