btw here's the actual question if there isn't enough information
a car travels in a flat circle of radius R. at a certain instant the velocity is 24 m/s west, and the total acceleration of the car s 2.5 m/s2 53 degrees north of west. find the radial and tangential components of the acceleration...
i got ar to = 1.99 roughly 2 m/s2 and at = 1.5 m/s2
i just am not sure if i use 53 degrees as the angle or 37
using the numbers above i got 288 m for the radius and 74 s as the period..if someone can verify my work and let me know if I am on the right path that would be great..thanks for your...
Homework Statement
car travels in a flat circle of radius r. at certain point instantaeous velocity is 24 m/s west and the total acceleration is 2.5 m/s2 53 degrees north of west. find radial and tangential acceleration. and periodHomework Equations
ar= 2.5cos37
at=2.5sin37
r=24 x 24/ar
T=...