SOLUTION: If an airplane Is flying 140 miles per hour East and turns In a smooth curve with a diameter of 3 miles What is it's centripetal acceleration in m/s²

Question 1181983: If an airplane Is flying 140 miles per hour East and turns In a smooth curve with a diameter of 3 miles What is it's centripetal acceleration in m/s²
Answer by ikleyn(52884) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Centripetal acceleration is


    a = ,


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


Substitute your values 


    140 mph = 1.609*140 = 225.26 km/h =  = 62.57 m/s  

and

    R = 1.609*1500 = 2413.5 m, 


and calculate.

Happy calculations (!)

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