A child is standing on the edge of a 3-meter radius merry-go-round that is spinning at a constant rate of 0.3 revolutions per second. What is the magnitude and direction of the centripetal acceleration of the child?  and when to use ac equal to v^2/r and when to use ac equal to velocity^2 times by radius,

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A child is standing on the edge of a 3-meter radius merry-go-round that is spinning at a constant rate of 0.3 revolutions per second. What is the magnitude and direction of the centripetal acceleration of the child?  and when to use ac equal to v^2/r and when to use ac equal to velocity^2 times by radius,

 

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