A piece of gum becomes stuck upon a skateboard's wheel. What is the centripetal acceleration of the piece of gum if the wheel's radius is 30 mm and the tangential velocity is 0.5 m/s?

Answers:
a. 8.33 m/s^2
b. 0.5 m/s^2
c. 30 mm/s^2
d. 0.33 m/s^2
e. 83.20 m/ft^2