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    Aug 29, 2011, 01:49 PM
    Acceleration in uniform circular motion
    A race car goes around a level ,circular track with a diameter of 1.00 km at a constant speed of 90.0 km/h. What is the car's centripetal acceleration in m/s2?
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    Aug 30, 2011, 10:15 AM
    What is the formula for centripetal acceleration?

    You have three different versions of it:



    You should know each of those symbols. What do you get as centripetal acceleration?
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