cq_1_251

phy201

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seed 25.1

A steel ball of mass 110 grams moves with a speed of 30 cm / second around a circle of radius 20 cm.

What are the magnitude and direction of the centripetal acceleration of the ball?

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magnitude = v^2/r

= (30cm/s)^2/ 20cm

= 900cm^2/s^2 /20

=45cm/s^2

I know force is .11kg * .45m/s^2 = .0495N

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What is the magnitude and direction of the centripetal force required to keep it moving around this circle?

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I am not sure

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I know for this problem what the acceleration and the force are, but I am not sure how to get the direction, it seems the direction would be going in a circle 360 degrees??????

The direction is toward the center of the circle. The direction to the center of course depends on where the object is on the circle.

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