A 1000-kg car is revolving uniformly in a horizontal circle of radius 10 m with a speed of 0.5 m/s, calculate its centripetal acceleration? O A. 50 m/s^2 OB. 0.025 m/s^2 O C. 0.25 m/s^2 O D. 0.5 m/s^2

A 1000-kg car is revolving uniformly in a horizontal circle of radius 10 m with a speed of 0.5 m/s, calculate its centripetal acceleration? O A. 50 m/s^2 OB. 0.025 m/s^2 O C. 0.25 m/s^2 O D. 0.5 m/s^2

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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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A 1000-kg car is revolving uniformly in a horizontal circle of radius 10 m with a speed of 0.5 m/s, calculate its centripetal acceleration?
O A. 50 m/s^2
OB. 0.025 m/s^2
O C. 0.25 m/s^2
O D. 0.5 m/s^2

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