Question

Jesse is swinging Miguel in a circle at a tangential speed of 3.50 m/s. If the radius of the circle is 0.600 m and Miguel has a mass of 11.0 kg, what is the centripetal force on Miguel? Round to the nearest whole number. N

Answer 1

225 N

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

224.6 N

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use first the formula to calculate the centripetal acceleration, given by:

`a_c=(v_t^2)/(R)`

where the Vt is the tangential velocity, and R is the radius of the circular motion.

Then, for our case we have:

`a_c=(v_t^2)/(R)=(3.5^2)/(0.6)\approx 20.42\,\,(m)/(s^2)`

And now we multiply this acceleration by Miguel's mass (11 kg) to obtain the centripetal force acting on him:

`F_c=11 \,*\,20.42\,N = 224.6\,\,N`