Question

You swing a 2 kg ball around on a string. The radius of the circle the ball travels around is 2 m, and you give the ball a velocity of m/s. What is the centripetal force on the ball?

Answer 1

F = 9 N

Step-by-step explanation:

We have,

Mass of a ball is 2 kg

The radius of the circle the ball travels around is 2 m

Let the velocity of the ball is 3 m/s

It is required to find the centripetal force on the ball. The force that is required to move an object in circular path is called centripetal force.

`F=(mv^2)/(r)\\\\F=(2* (3)^2)/(2)\\\\F=9\ N`

So, the centripetal force on the ball is 9 N.