Question

swings a 5.5 kg cup of water in a vertical circle of radius 1.9 m. (a) What minimum speed must the cup have in this demo if the front row is not to get wet or spill any water

Answer 1

4.32

Step-by-step explanation:

The centripetal acceleration of any object is given as

A(cr) = v²/r, where

A(c) = the centripetal acceleration

v = the linear acceleration

r = the given radius, 1.9 m

Since we are not given directly the centripetal acceleration, we'd be using the value of acceleration due to gravity, 9.8. This means that

9.8 = v²/1.9

v² = 1.9 * 9.8

v² = 18.62

v = √18.62

v = 4.32 m/s

This means that, the minimum speed the cup must have so as not to get wet or any spill is 4.32 m/s