At takeoff a commercial jet has a 60.0 m/s speed. Its tires have a diameter of 0.850 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)

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At takeoff a commercial jet has a 60.0 m/s speed. Its tires have a diameter of 0.850 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)

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