Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Oscillations - Problems - Page 441: 82

Answer

$f = 3.5 \mathrm{Hz}$

Work Step by Step

The target is to calculate the frequency $f$ and from the next equation we have a relation between the ferquency and the period by $$f=\frac{1}{T}=\frac{1}{2 \pi \sqrt{L / a}}$$ Where $a$ is the acceleration. The motion here is centrifugal, so this acceleration is related to the radius of the circular motion by $$a = (v^2/R)$$ Substitute by this expression of $a$ into the frequency equation to get $f$ by \begin{aligned} f =\frac{v}{2 \pi} \sqrt{1 / L R} =\frac{70 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}}{2 \pi} \sqrt{1 /(0.2 \mathrm{m})(50 \mathrm{m})} =3.5 \mathrm{Hz} \end{aligned}
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