A 60-kg person on a merry-go round is travelling in a circle with a radius of 3 m at a speed of 6 m/s. What is the magnitude of the net force experienced by this person?
It is given that
Mass of person m=60Kg
The person is travelling in a circular path of radius r=3m
Velocity of person is v=6m/s
Centripetal acceleration is
ac=v2r
ac=623=12m/s2
Force
F=ma
=60×12
=720N