A car experiences a centripetal acceleration of 4.4 m/s ^2 as ur rounds a corner with a speed of 15 m/s. What is the radius of the corner?

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Skyler Carlson

Physics

25 October, 00:22

A car experiences a centripetal acceleration of 4.4 m/s ^2 as ur rounds a corner with a speed of 15 m/s. What is the radius of the corner?

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Judith Herman · Answer 1

The calculation of the centripetal acceleration of an object following a circular path is based on the equation,

a = v² / r

where a is the acceleration, v is the velocity, and r is the radius.

Substituting the known values from the given above,

4.4 m/s² = (15 m/s) ² / r

The value of r from the equation is 51.14 m.

Answer: 51.14 m