Speedboat A negotiates a curve whose radius is 115 m. Speedboat B negotiates a curve whose radius is 284 m. Each boat experiences the same centripetal acceleration. What is the ratio vA/vB of the speeds of the boats?

Speedboat A negotiates a curve whose radius is 115 m. Speedboat B negotiates a curve whose radius is 284 m. Each boat experiences the same centripetal acceleration. What is the ratio vA/vB of the speeds of the boats?

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Chapter2: Motion

Section2.4: Acceleration In Uniform Circular Motion

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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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