Consider a person in an amusement park riding a carousel with a radius of 10 m The ride completes 5 revolutions about its positive x-axis (viewed from the top) every minute. Assume that the person is seating at the edge of the carousel.
a. What is the period (the time it takes to complete 1 revolution) of the motion?
b. Find the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the person.
c. Determine the direction of the acceleration at the positive vertical axis.
d. How about the magnitude of the acceleration at the positive vertical axis.
a. What is the period (the time it takes to complete 1 revolution) of the motion?
b. Find the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the person.
c. Determine the direction of the acceleration at the positive vertical axis.
d. How about the magnitude of the acceleration at the positive vertical axis.
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Centripetal acceleration is defined as the property of the motion of an object traversing a circular path. Any object that is moving in a circle and has an acceleration vector pointed towards the centre of that circle is known as Centripetal acceleration.