At takeoff a commercial jet has a 60.0 m/s speed. Its tires have a diameter of 0.400 m. (a) At how many rpm are the tires rotating? rpm (b) What is the centripetal acceleration at the edge of the tire? |m/s² (c) With what force must a determined 10-15 kg bacterium cling to the rim? |N (d) Take the ratio of this force to the bacterium's weight. | (force from part (c)/bacterium's weight)

At takeoff a commercial jet has a 60.0 m/s speed. Its tires have a diameter of 0.400 m. (a) At how many rpm are the tires rotating? rpm (b) What is the centripetal acceleration at the edge of the tire? |m/s² (c) With what force must a determined 10-15 kg bacterium cling to the rim? |N (d) Take the ratio of this force to the bacterium's weight. | (force from part (c)/bacterium's weight)

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter8: Rotational Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 60A

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