1 Question with regarded to Centripical Forces

[JayDub]

Hey there, so we started learning centripical forces today. We learned the basic formulas:

Fc = \frac{v^2}{r}

and

Fc = m \frac{4 pi^2 r}{T^2}

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That is the question, I had to get rid of stuff that i had written in, probably not appropriate for the forums. I am not sure how I would go about solving this question. I am supposed to derive the relationship for it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[moose]

You can solve this using the rotational acceleration formula and gravity. Read the question again and try to think about what will have to be equal.

 

[JayDub]

Actually, I think I may have it, would this be it?

[bare with me while I try to do that tex graphic stuff]

Fx = Fn sin(\theta) + mew Fn cos(\theta)

Fy = Fn cos(\theta) - mew Fn sin(\theta) - mg

which to find the Fc we would solve it to

Fc = \sqrt{\frac{r g (sin(\theta) + mew cos(\theta))}{cos(\theta) - mew sin(\theta)}}