Question

The current world land speed record of about 1230 km/h was set by a jet-powered car in an October 1997 run, which took place in the Utah salt flats (latitude: 40° N). Assuming that the car traveled straight north, what were the magnitude and direction of the Coriolis acceleration on the car during its world-record run? (Use 2 7.3 x 10-5 rad/s for the rotational speed of Earth, and calculate the answer to two significant figures.) acor -0.031 m/s to the west Reor 0.049 m/s, to the east acor -0.031 m/s to the east Acor 0.037 m/s", to the west acor -0.037 m/s, to the east

Answer 1

Solution

Answer : Coriolis acceleration = 0.031m/s^2 to the east