Olympic ice skaters are able to spin at about 5 rev/s. (a) What is their angular velocity in radians per second? (b) What is the centripetal acceleration of the skater's nose if it is 0.120 m from the axis of rotation? (c) An exceptional skater named Dick Button was able to spin much faster in the 1950s than anyone since-at about 9 rev/s. What was the centripetal acceleration of the tip of his nose, assuming it is at 0.120 m radius? (d) Comment on the magnitudes of the accelerations found. It is reputed that Button ruptured small blood vessels during his spins.

Olympic ice skaters are able to spin at about 5 rev/s. (a) What is their angular velocity in radians per second? (b) What is the centripetal acceleration of the skater's nose if it is 0.120 m from the axis of rotation? (c) An exceptional skater named Dick Button was able to spin much faster in the 1950s than anyone since-at about 9 rev/s. What was the centripetal acceleration of the tip of his nose, assuming it is at 0.120 m radius? (d) Comment on the magnitudes of the accelerations found. It is reputed that Button ruptured small blood vessels during his spins.

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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.

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. Olympic ice skaters are able to spin at about 5 rev/s. (a) What is their angular velocity in radians per
second? (b) What is the centripetal acceleration of the skater's nose if it is 0.120 m from the axis of
rotation? (c) An exceptional skater named Dick Button was able to spin much faster in the 1950s than
anyone since-at about 9 rev/s. What was the centripetal acceleration of the tip of his nose, assuming it is
at 0.120 m radius? (d) Comment on the magnitudes of the accelerations found. It is reputed that Button
ruptured small blood vessels during his spins.

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