A ball is tied to the end of a cable of negligible mass. The ball is spun in a circle with a radius 2.00 m making 0.700 revolutions per second. What is the centripetal acceleration of the ball?

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Centripetal acceleration = (speed)²/(radius) .

We know the radius.  We have to find the speed.

Speed around a circle = (circumference) / (time to go around)

The circumference of the circle is  (2 π) (radius) = 4 π meters.

We don't exactly know the time to go around.
We know that the ball goes around 0.7 times/second.
Flip that over, and you have  time to go around = second/0.7 .

So now, the centripetal acceleration is

                                   (speed)²/(radius) .

                             =  (4π meters · 0.7/sec)² / (2 meters)

                             =  (4π · 0.7 / 2)    m/s²

                             =      about        4.4 m/s²

The centripetal acceleration of the ball will be 38.68 meter per sq.second.

What is centripetal acceleration?

The acceleration needed to move a body in a curved way is understood as centripetal acceleration.

The direction of centripetal acceleration is always in the path of the center of the course.

The given data in the problem;

r is the radius= 2.00m

frequency (f) = 0.7 rev/s

The angular velocity is found as;

[tex]\rm \omega = 2 \pi f \\\\ \omega = 2 \times 3.14 \times 0.7 \\\\ \omega = 4.398 \ rad/sec[/tex]

The centripetal acceleration is given by;

[tex]\rm a_c= \omega^2r \\\\\ a_c= (4.398)^2 \times 2.00 \\\\ a_c=38.68 \ m/sec^2[/tex]

Hence, the centripetal acceleration of the ball will be 38.68 meter per sq.second.

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