A car drives at a constant speed of 14 m/s around a circle with radius 55 m. What is the centripetal acceleration of the car?

1 Answer
Mar 5, 2018

#~~3.56 \ "m/s"^2#

Explanation:

The centripetal acceleration of a moving object is given by

#a=v^2/r#

So here, #v=14 \ "m/s",r=55 \ "m"#

Plugging in the values, we get

#a=(169color(red)cancelcolor(black)("m"^2)^"m""/s"^2)/(55color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")#

#a~~3.56 \ "m/s"^2#