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A car travels at a constant speed around a circular track whose radius is 2.67 km. The car goes once around the track in 285 s. What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the car?

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Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.2: Circular Motion

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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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is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the car?

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