Centrip Force and Coef. of Friction

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The discussion focuses on calculating maximum velocities in centripetal force problems involving a yoyo and a car. For the yoyo, with a mass of 200 g and a string length of 0.5 m, the maximum velocity is determined using the centripetal force formula, yielding a result of 3.16 m/s. For the car navigating a curve with a radius of 100 m and a coefficient of friction of 0.5, the maximum velocity is calculated to be 10 m/s using the formula F_{centripetal} = \frac{mv^2}{r}.

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Can someone help me on these problems?

Centrip Force prob.
A yoyo is whirled around in a circle over some yoyo’s head. The string will break if the force is greater than 10 N. If the mass of the yoyo is 200 g and the length of the string is 0.5 m, what is the maximum velocity of the yoyo?

The Coeffient/Centrip Force prob.
A car is going around a curve with a radius of 100 m. That is the maximum velocity of the car if the coefficient of friction is 0.5?
 
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how about using [tex]F_{centripetal} = \frac{mv^2}{r}[/tex]

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