A stone tied to a string is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius at a constant…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics

Problem

A stone tied to a string is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius

0.75\,\text{m}

at a constant speed of

2.5\,\text{m}\,\text{s}^{-1}

. At the instant when the stone is moving due east, calculate the magnitude and state the direction of its acceleration.