SOLUTION: A child sits on the edge of a spinning merry-go-round that has a radius of 2.6m. The child's speed is 5m/s. What is the child's acceleration?

Question 805718: A child sits on the edge of a spinning merry-go-round that has a radius of 2.6m. The child's speed is 5m/s. What is the child's acceleration?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The centripetal acceleration can be calculated as
where is the linear velocity and is the turning radius.
In this case,

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