An object with a mass of $6 kg$ is revolving around a point at a distance of $2 m$ . If the object is making revolutions at a frequency of $5 Hz$ , what is the centripetal force acting on the object?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-31T06:17:30

The centripetal force is $=11843.5N$

The centripetal force is

$F=mv^2/r=mromega^2$

The mass is $=6kg$

The radius is $r=2m$

The angular velocity is $omega=2pif=2pi*5=10pirads^-1$

Therefore,

The centripetal force is

$F=mromega^2=6*2*(10p)^2=11843.5N$

An object with a mass of 6 kg6 kg is revolving around a point at a distance of 2 m2 m. If the object is making revolutions at a frequency of 5 Hz5 Hz, what is the centripetal force acting on the object?