Kinematics Question 797

Question: What happens to the centripetal acceleration of a revolving body if you double the orbital speed $ v $ and half the angular velocity $ \omega $

Options:

A) The centripetal acceleration remains unchanged

B) The centripetal acceleration is halved

C) The centripetal acceleration is doubled

D) The centripetal acceleration is quadrupled

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ a=\frac{v^{2}}{r}=v\omega $

therefore $ {a}’=(2v)( \frac{\omega }{2} )=a $ i.e. remains constant.



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