Cheryl is riding on the edge of a merry-go-round, 2m from the center, which is rotating with an increasing angular speed. Cheryl’s tangential acceleration is 3.0m/s2. At the instant that Cheryl’s linear speed is 4.0m/s, what is Cheryl’s total acceleration?

Respuesta :

In circular motion we know that there is two type of acceleration that Cheryl experience

1. Tangential acceleration

2. Centripetal acceleration

here given that

[tex]a_t = 3 m/s^2[/tex]

for centripetal acceleration we know that

[tex]a_c = \frac{v^2}{R}[/tex]

[tex]a_c = \frac{4^2}{2} = 8 m/s^2[/tex]

now we know that both centripetal acceleration and tangential acceleration is perpendicular to each other

so total acceleration is vector sum of both and given as

[tex]a_{net} = \sqrt{8^2 + 3^2} = 8.54 m/s^2[/tex]

so total acceleration is 8.54 m/s^2

The total acceleration will be 8.54 m/sec².The total acceleration is the result of tangential and centripetal acceleration.Cheryl’s total acceleration will be 8.54 m/sec².

What is centripetal acceleration?

The acceleration needed to move a body in a curved way is understood as centripetal acceleration.

The direction of centripetal acceleration is always in the path of the center of the course.

The given data in the problem;

[tex]\rm a_t= 3m/sec^2[/tex]

r is the radius=  2m

v is the linear speed = 4.0m/s

[tex]a_{net }[/tex] is the total acceleration

The centripetal acceleration is found by;

[tex]\rm a_c= \frac{v^2}{r} \\\\ a_c= \frac{4^2}{2} \\\\ \rm a_c= 8 \ m/sec^2[/tex]

The total acceleration is found by;

[tex]\rm a_{net }= \sqrt{8^2+3^2} \\\\ a_{net }=8.54\ m/sec^2[/tex]

Hence the total acceleration will be 8.54 m/sec².

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