Three identical frictionless pucks move in uniform circular motion under identical…
PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics
Problem
Three identical frictionless pucks move in uniform circular motion under identical conditions except for speed and radius.
• Puck X: speed 4.0 m/s, radius 1.0 m
• Puck Y: speed 3.0 m/s, radius 0.75 m
• Puck Z: speed 2.0 m/s, radius 0.50 m
Rank the pucks’ centripetal accelerations from greatest to least.