The bobsled track at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, contained turns with radii of 33 m and 24 m. Find the centripetal acceleration for the 24-meter turn for a speed of 34 m/s, a speed that was achieved in the 2-man event

The bobsled track at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, contained turns with radii of 33 m and 24 m. Find the centripetal acceleration for the 24-meter turn for a speed of 34 m/s, a speed that was achieved in the 2-man event

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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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