SOLUTION: A race car goes around a circular level track with a diameter of 1.00 km at a constant speed of 90.0 km / h What is the car's centripetal acceleration in m/s² ?

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Question 1181764: A race car goes around a circular level track with a diameter of 1.00 km at a constant speed of 90.0 km / h What is the car's centripetal acceleration in m/s² ?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Centripetal acceleration ids


    a = ,


where v is the uniform linear speed and R is the radius of the circular track.


Substitute your values and calculate.

Happy calculations (!)



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