Circular Motion Worksheet
Circular Motion Worksheet
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Ci
rcul
arMot
ionWor
ksheet
1. A0.
5kgb all
mov esinacircl
ethati
s0.
4mi
nrad
iusatas
peedof4.
0m/
s.Cal
cul
ate
i
tscent
ripetalaccel
erat
ion.
2. Cal
cul
atet
hec
ent
rip
etal
for
ceont
heb
alli
nques
tion#1.
3. Atoycar
tatt heendofas t
r i
ng0.70mlongmov esinaci
rcl
eonatabl
e.Thecarthas
amassof2.0kgandt hes
tringhasabreakingstrengt
hof40.N.Cal
culat
ethe
maxi
mums p
eedt hecartc
anat tai
nwithoutbreakingt
hestri
ng.
4. Theminutehandofalar
gec l
ocki
s0.
50mlong.
(A)Calcul
ateit
sli
nearspeedati
tst
ipi
nmetersp
ers
econd
.
(
B)Cal
cul
atet
hec
ent
rip
etal
acc
eler
ati
onoft
het
ipoft
hehand
.
(
C)Whati
stheangul
arv
eloc
ity(
ω)oft
het
ipoft
hemi
nut
ehand
?
5. Whati
stheminimumradi
usatwhi
chanai
rplanef
lyi
ngat300m/scanmakeaU-t
urn
2
i
fitsc
entri
petalac
cel
erati
oni
sNOTtoexceed4g’s
?(1g=9.8m/s)
6. Astri
ng1.0mlongbreakswhenit
stensi
onis100N.Whati
sthegreat
estspeedat
whi
chitcanbeusedtowhirla1.
0kgstone?(Negl
ectt
hegr
avit
ati
onalpul
lofthe
ear
thont hes
tone.
)
7. Whati
stheangul
ars
peedoft
hes
tonei
nques
tion#6?
8. Whati
sthec
entri
petalf
orc
eneed
edt
okeepa3.
0kgmas
smov
ingi
nac
irc
leofr
adi
us
0.
50mataspeedof8.0m/s
?
9. Whatwi
llb
etheangul
ars
peedoft
he3.
0kgmas
sinques
tion8?
11. Ryanswingsapai
lofwat erinav er
tic
alcirc
le1.0minrad
iusatac
ons
tants
peed
.If
thewaterisNOTtospi
llonhim:
(A)cal
culatet
hemini
mumt angenti
alspeedofthepai
lofwater
(
B)c
alc
ulat
ethemi
nimumangul
ars
peedoft
hes
wing
12. A60kgGi
lamonsteronamer ry
-go-roundi
str
aveli
ngi
nac
irc
lewi
thar
adi
usof3m,
rot
ati
ngatarateof9r evol
uti
ons/
minute.
(
A)Whatacc
eler
at i
ondoesthemonsterexp
eri
ence?
(
B)Whati
sthenetf
orc
e?
(
C)Ift
heGil
amonstercr
awlsi
nward
stoadist
anceof1mfr
omt
hec
ent
er,whati
s
t
henewval
ueofthefor
cetheGil
amons
terexper
ienc
es?