An object with a mass of $6 kg$ is revolving around a point at a distance of $8 m$ . If the object is making revolutions at a frequency of $4 Hz$ , what is the centripetal force acting on the object?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-28T05:48:29

The centripetal force is $=30319.4N$

The centripetal force acting on an object is

$F=mr omega^2$

The mass, $m=6kg$

The radius, $r=8m$

The angularvelocity is

$omega=4*2pi=8pi$

So

The centripetal force is

$F=6*8*(8pi)^2=30319.4N$

An object with a mass of 6 kg6 kg is revolving around a point at a distance of 8 m8 m. If the object is making revolutions at a frequency of 4 Hz4 Hz, what is the centripetal force acting on the object?