Uniform Circular Motion Calculations

Bentley the bat has a mass of 0.58 kg and flies at a speed of 0.8 m/s in circle of radius 0.5 m. What is his centripetal acceleration?

• 0.25 m/s²

• 1.3 m/s²

• 1.6 m/s²

• 0.74 m/s²

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Particle P is moving in a circle with uniform speed. Which one of the following diagrams correctly shows the direction of the acceleration and velocity of the particle at one instant of time?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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What is the direction of the velocity at point B, if the ball is revolving clockwise?

• up
• right
• down
• left

What is the direction of the acceleration at point A, if the ball is revolving clockwise?

• up
• right
• down
• left

What is the direction of the acceleration at point B, if the ball is revolving clockwise?

• up
• right
• down
• left

The velocity is always _____ to the line of a circle. 

• outwards
• towards the center
• tangent
• faster

Which statement is true about an object that is traveling in uniform circular motion?

• The speed of the object varies.
• The net force on the object is directed toward the center of the circular path.
• The direction of the object's velocity is constant.
• The net force on the object is directed away from the center of the circular path.

Centripetal acceleration always points

• in the direction of the object's motion
• in the opposite direction of the object's motion
• towards the center of the circle
• towards the outside of the circle

What is the direction of the velocity at point A, if the ball is revolving clockwise?

• up
• right
• down
• left

A race car completes three laps of a circular track with a radius of 35 m in 9.0 seconds. Determine the speed of the car.

• 3.9 m/s

• 73.3 m/s

• 24.4 m/s

• 1.0 m/s