course phy201 PazزoŲﯤxassignment #024 024. Centripetal Acceleration Physics II 04-06-2008
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19:02:32 `q001. Note that this assignment contains 4 questions. . Note that this assignment contains 4 questions. When an object moves a constant speed around a circle a force is necessary to keep changing its direction of motion. This is because any change in the direction of motion entails a change in the velocity of the object. This is because velocity is a vector quantity, and if the direction of a vector changes, then the vector and hence the velocity has changed. The acceleration of an object moving with constant speed v around a circle of radius r has magnitude v^2 / r, and the acceleration is directed toward the center of the circle. This results from a force directed toward the center of the circle. Such a force is called a centripetal (meaning toward the center) force, and the acceleration is called a centripetal acceleration. If a 12 kg mass travels at three meters/second around a circle of radius five meters, what centripetal force is required?
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RESPONSE --> centripcal accelertion = v^2 / r ca= (3m/s)^2 / 5m = 1.8m/s^2 Fcent = 12kg*1.8m/s = 21.6N confidence assessment: 2
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19:03:42 The centripetal acceleration as speed v will be v^2 / r, where r = 70 cm = .7 meters. The centripetal force will therefore be m v^2 / r, where m is the 50 g = .05 kg mass. If F stands for the 25 Newton breaking force, then we have m v^2 / r = F, which we solve for v to obtain v = `sqrt(F * r / m). Substituting the given values we obtain v = `sqrt( 25 N * .7 meters / (.05 kg) ) = `sqrt( 25 kg m/s^2 * .7 m / (.05 kg) ) = `sqrt(350 m^2 / s^2) = 18.7 m/s.
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RESPONSE --> The velocity would be 18.7m/s. self critique assessment:
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19:03:58 `q003. What is the maximum number of times per second the mass in the preceding problem can travel around its circular path before the string breaks?
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RESPONSE --> confidence assessment: 1
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19:04:10 The maximum possible speed of the mass was found in the preceding problem to be 18.7 meters/second. The path of the mass is a circle of radius 70 cm = .7 meters. The distance traveled along this path in a single revolution is 2 `pi r = 2 `pi * .7 meters = 4.4 meters, approximately. At 18.7 meters/second, the mass will travel around the circle 18.7/4.4 = 4.25 times every second.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment:
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