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jensson
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Homework Statement
I did an expirement in my physics lab on centripetal force. I'm doing the calculations and right now I am calculating the centripetal force using equation: F= (mass)(angular speed squared)(average radius). My answers are coming out to be huge numbers.
ex: (148.8g)(52.70 rev/s)^2(5.494 cm) = 2270217
I'm not even sure what units this converts too.
If I convert g to kilegrams and revolutions/second times 2pi (in radians) then convert cm to meters I get:
(0.1488 kg) (331^2)(0.05494 m ) = 895.7 N
but this is too big as well. what am I doing wrong??
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