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A race car travels with a constant tangential speed of 81.3 m/s around a circular track of radius 678 m.


A race car travels with a constant tangential speed of 81.3 m/s around a circular track of radius 678 m. Find the magnitude of the total acceleration.

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Car moves in a circular path of radius678m with constant speed of81.3m/s

So there is no tangential acceleration

There is only radial acceleration

Radial acceleration =v^2 /r

=(81.3^2/678)m/s^2

=9.75m/s2 acting towards the center

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