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An insect sit's on the edge of a spinning record that has

aradius of .15m. The insect's speed is about .5m/s when record
isturning at 33 1/3 rpm.
What is the insect's acceleration?

User BOMEz
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Answer:

1.67rad/s^2

Step-by-step explanation:

a= v^2/r

a = 0.5^2/0.15

a= 1.67 rad/s^2

User Amit Tomar
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