You are on a merry go round with radius 1.3 m. What is the centripetal force on you if your velocity is 4.3 m/s and you weigh 4.1 kilograms? ..Use 9.81 m/s2 for the acceleration due to gravity. ⋅⋅ Round off answers to 4 decimal places.

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You are on a merry go round with radius 1.3 m. What is the centripetal force  on you if your velocity is 4.3 m/s and you weigh 4.1 kilograms?

..Use 9.81 m/sfor the acceleration due to gravity.
⋅⋅ Round off answers to 4 decimal places.

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