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Circular Motion Problems

This document contains 10 problems related to circular motion. The problems involve calculating centripetal acceleration, speed, radius, period, force, and tension given variables like radius of circular path, speed, mass, time to complete a revolution, and length of objects moving in circular paths. Sample calculations are provided for problems 1-10 with the key variables of centripetal acceleration, speed, radius, period, force, and tension.

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Circular Motion Problems

This document contains 10 problems related to circular motion. The problems involve calculating centripetal acceleration, speed, radius, period, force, and tension given variables like radius of circular path, speed, mass, time to complete a revolution, and length of objects moving in circular paths. Sample calculations are provided for problems 1-10 with the key variables of centripetal acceleration, speed, radius, period, force, and tension.

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Physics 122

Chapter 11 – Projectile and Circular Motion


Problems – Circular Motion

1. An electric train moving at constant speed on a circular track of radius 1.0 m


goes around the track every 10 s. What is the centripetal acceleration of the
train?

2. A plane flying at a constant speed in a circular path of radius 5500 m completes


one revolution every 485 s.
a) What is the speed of the plane?
b) What is the acceleration of the plane?

3. A stone attached to a string 2.0 m long is whirled in a horizontal circle. At what


speed must the stone move for its centripetal acceleration to equal to g?

4. The blade of a fan is 0.20 m long and makes 20 revolutions per second. What
acceleration is experienced by a particle at the end of the blade?

5. An electron moves in a circular path of radius 0.20 m at a constant speed of


2.0 x 106 m/s.
a) What is the period of its motion?
b) What is its centripetal acceleration?

6. An object moving a long a circular path at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s completes
one trip around the circle in 5.0 s.
a) What is the radius of the circle?
b) What is the acceleration of the object?

7. A student attaches a mass of 0.5 kg to one end of a rope. The student then
swings the mass in a horizontal circle having a radius of 1 m so that the
tangential speed is 4 m/s. What centripetal force must be exerted on the mass to
keep it moving in a circle?

8. An artificial satellite has a period of 5.6 x 103 s and an orbital radius of


6.8 x 106 m. If its mass is 2.0 x 103 kg, what is the centripetal force keeping it in
orbit?

9. If a 620 kg racecar takes 15.2 s to travel at constant speed once around a circular
race track of 50.0 m radius, what are the centripetal acceleration of the car and
centripetal force exerted by the track on the car’s tires?

10. A knight holds a 1.6 m chain attached to 10.0 kg mace. He whirls the mace in a
circle. If the mace has a frequency of 0.20 Hz, what is the centripetal
acceleration of the mace and the tension in the chain?
Answers

1. The centripetal acceleration of the train is 0.39 m/s2.


2. a) The speed of the plane is 71.2 m/s.
b)The acceleration of the plane is 0.922 m/s2.
3. Its speed must be 4.4 m/s.
4.The particle experiences an acceleration of 3.2 x 103 m/s2.
5. a) The period is 6.3 x 10-7 s.
b) The centripetal acceleration is 2.0 x 1013 m/s2.
6.a)The radius of the circle was 6.4 m.
b)The acceleration of the object is 10 m/s2.
7. The centripetal force is 8 N.
8. The centripetal force is 1.7 x 104 N.
9. The centripetal acceleration and centripetal force are 8.53 m/s2 and 5.29 x 103 N
10.The centripetal acceleration is 2.5 m/s2 and the tension in the chain is 25 N.

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