Answer to Question #183843 in Field Theory for Sara

Question

A vehicle of mass 550 kg moves at a speed of 16.5 m.s⁻¹ on a circular path of radius 71.0 m. Calculate the magnitude of the centripetal force required to keep the vehicle on this trajectory in N and round to the nearest whole number of Newtons.

Answer 1

Answer

Centripetal force

$F=\frac{mv^2}{r}$

$F=\frac{550(16.5)^2}{71}=2109.0N$