Question

A car traveling at 15m/s on a flat surface turns in a circle with a radius of 25m.What is the centripetal acceleration of the car?

Answer 1

`9m\/s^2`

Step-by-step explanation

To find the centripetal acceleration, we have to apply the formula for centripetal acceleration:

`a=(v^2)/(r)`

where v = velocity of the vehicle

r = radius of the circular path

Therefore, the centripetal acceleration is:

`\begin{gathered} a=(15^2)/(25) \\ a=9m\/s^2 \end{gathered}`

That is the answer.