A child having a mass of 37 kg sits 0.2 m from the center of a merry-go-round that is rotating with a period of 36 s. What is the centripetal force acting on the child? What is the centripetal force in Newtons?
force=mass*w^2 * radius
w=2pi/36
radius=.2m
mass=37kg
one Newton=kg-m/s^2