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Two points are on a disk that is turning about a fixed axis perpendicular to the disk and through its center at increasing angular velocity. One point is on the rim and the other point is halfway between the rim and the center.
Which point has the greater centripetal acceleration?
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The centripetal acceleration can be found using:
and since both points move with the disk with the same angular speed the point on the rim, the one with greater radius , has larger centripetal acceleration.
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