Answer:
a. 1.64 m/s²
Step-by-step explanation:
Centripetal acceleration is the square of tangential velocity divided by the radius.
a = v²/r
First, convert km/h to m/s.
30.0 km/h (1000 m/km) (1 h / 3600 s) = 8.33 m/s
Find the acceleration.
a = (8.33 m/s)² / (42.4 m)
a = 1.64 m/s²