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A peregrine falcon in a tight, circular turn can attain a centripetal acceleration 1.5 times the free-fall acceleration. If the falcon is flying at 20 m/s , what is the radius of the turn?

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 Jan 13, 2016
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ac=1.59.81

ac=14.715ms2

v=20ms

 

ac=v2R

R=v2ac

R=20214.715

R=27.2m

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 Jan 13, 2016

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