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Posted by Luis on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:04am.

if a spinning amusement-park ride has an angular speed of 1.2 rad/s, what is the centripetal acceleration of a person standing 12m from the center of the ride?

physics - drwls, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:25am
a = R w^2

w is the angular velocity in rad/s (which you know). R = 12 m

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