NASA’s 20-G centrifuge (https://www.nasa.gov/ames/research/space-biosciences/20-g-centrifuge) can be used to test the limits of human tolerance to extreme accelerations. According to NASA’s site, the centrifuge has a radius of 29 ft. If the centrifuge is spun at 31 revolutions per minute, what centripetal acceleration will the occupant experience?

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A: The initial centripetal acceleration of a car is given as, a=v2R

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.