A hawk flies in a horizontal arc of radius 13.3 m at a constant speed 3.20 m/s. (a) Find its centripetal acceleration. m/s2 (b) It continues to fly along the same horizontal arc, but increases its speed at the rate of 1.15 m/s2. Find the acceleration in this situation at the moment the hawk's speed is 3.20 m/s. magnitude m/s? ° from the direction of velocity towards center of the circle direction

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A hawk flies in a horizontal arc of radius 13.3 m at a constant speed 3.20
m/s.
(a) Find its centripetal acceleration.
m/s2
(b) It continues to fly along the same horizontal arc, but increases its
speed at the rate of 1.15 m/s2. Find the acceleration in this situation at
the moment the hawk's speed is 3.20 m/s.
magnitude
m/s?
° from the direction of velocity towards center of the circle
direction
Transcribed Image Text:A hawk flies in a horizontal arc of radius 13.3 m at a constant speed 3.20 m/s. (a) Find its centripetal acceleration. m/s2 (b) It continues to fly along the same horizontal arc, but increases its speed at the rate of 1.15 m/s2. Find the acceleration in this situation at the moment the hawk's speed is 3.20 m/s. magnitude m/s? ° from the direction of velocity towards center of the circle direction
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