Question

A 20-kg child sits on a horse affixed to a carousel, which is located a distance of 2.3 meters from the

carousel's axis of rotation. The child makes 4 complete trips around the carousel in one minute.
A. What total distance does the child travel?
B. What is the period of the carousel?
C. What is the carousel's frequency?
D. What is the child's tangential velocity?
E. What is the child's centripetal acceleration?
F. What is the net centripetal force on the child?

Answer 1

A) D = 57.8

B) 900 sec

C) 1.11 x 10^-3 HZ

D) V= 0.016m/s

E) 1.12x10^-4m/s

F) 2.24 x 10^-3 N