Centripetal force calculation question?
A car of mass 900 kg drives around a circle with a centripetal acceleration of 2.1 m/s2. What is the centripetal force acting on the car?
I know centripetal force is Fc=mv^2/r. But this doesn't provide the radius so do I only use f=ma?
A car of mass 900 kg drives around a circle with a centripetal acceleration of 2.1 m/s2. What is the centripetal force acting on the car?
I know centripetal force is Fc=mv^2/r. But this doesn't provide the radius so do I only use f=ma?
1 Answer
Nov 21, 2017
Yes!
