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A jet fighter flying at 300 m/s (just below the speed of sound) makes a turn of radius 1.85 km. (a) what is its centripetal acceleration in gs?
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A jet fighter flying at 300 m/s (just below the speed of sound) makes a turn of radius 1.85 km. (a) what is its centripetal acceleration in gs?

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centripetal acceleration can be determined using the following equation;
a = v² / r
a= centripetal acceleration
v = velocity
r = radius
substituting the values in the equation,
a = (300 m/s)*(300m/s) / (1.85 *1000) m
= 48.64 ms-²
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