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Notes from 12/9Kathia
• ac: the acceleration of an object moving in a uniform circular path (constant speed / radius) is due to a change in direction.
• Centripetal acceleration is always directed toward the center of a circle.
Centripetal Acceleration
CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION
ac vt
2
r
centripetal acceleration = (tangential speed)2
radius of circular path
Given in Eqtn sheet
Calculating Centripetal Acceleration
• Calculating Centripetal Acceleration
Example1
• A 1.5kg ball moves in a circle that is 3m in radius at a speed of 9.8m/s. Calculate its centripetal acceleration.
Example2
• What is the Centripetal acceleration of a person standing at the Earth's equator (r = 6.38x106m)?
Calculating Tangential Speed
Example3
• A physics student riding in a sports car noticed the fuzzy dice in his friend’s car to make a 45 degree angle with the vertical. Find the tangential speed of the car if the car is making a turn on a road that follows a curve with a 50m radius.
Calculating Radius of uniform circular motion.
Example4
• A quarter placed on a turntable has a centripetal acceleration of 2.0m/s/s and a tangential speed of 0.57m/s. How far is the quarter from the center of the turntable?