19. An airplane is flying at a speed of 150 m/s on a horizontal circular path with a radius of 500 m. If the plane were to fly in the same 1000 m circle at a speed of 300 m/s, by what factor would its centripetal acceleration change?

19. An airplane is flying at a speed of 150 m/s on a horizontal circular path with a radius of 500 m. If the plane were to fly in the same 1000 m circle at a speed of 300 m/s, by what factor would its centripetal acceleration change?

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Chapter4: Motion In Two And Three Dimensions

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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19. An airplane is flying at a speed of 150 m/s on a horizontal circular path
with a radius of 500 m. If the plane were to fly in the same 1000 m circle at
a speed of 300 m/s, by what factor would its centripetal acceleration
change?
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