Question

a) A 2.00 kg stone is whirled in a circle by a rope 4.00 m long, completing 5 revolutions in 2.00 s. Calculate the tension in the rope if the stone is rotated horizontally on a smooth frictionless surface.
Input your answer in Newtons but do not include the unit in your answer.

b) What is the centripetal acceleration of a locomotive that travels around a circular curve of radius 250 m at a constant speed of 70 km/h?Input your answer in m/s² but do not input units in your answer. Round to one decimal place.

c)A car, traveling at 25 m/s around a circular curve, has a centripetal acceleration of 8.3 m/s². What is the radius of the curve?
Input your answer in terms of meters but do not include the unit in your answer. Round to the nearest meter.

d)When an object reaches terminal velocity it happens because the drag force is______the force due to gravity.

equal to

greater than

    less than

Answer 1

a) Force F = 19719.2

b) Centripetal acceleration a_c = 19.6

c) Radius R = 75.3

d) Terminal velocity is reached when drag force is equal to the weight or force due to gravity.

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