Centripetal Force
 

Centripetal Force problem 7


A child with mass stands in the middle of a horizontal carousel plate with a radius of . The plate rotates about an axis with an oscillation period of . At some point, the child begins to move at a speed of towards the circumference of the carousel in the direction of the radius. Determine the direction and magnitude of the forces that will act on the child as he moves uniformly and in a straight line towards the circumference.


 

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