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Grade 127 grade science

A body weighing 100N moves with a speed of 5ms-1 in a horizontal circular path of radius 5m. Calculatetge magnitude of the centripetal force acting on the body(g=10ms-2)

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer5 Years ago
First we use W = mg to find mass of the object:
m*g = 100
m = 10 kg
The, we use the mass for cnetripetal accelaration formula:
F = (m*v^2)/r
=> 250/5
=> 50 N