During a tennis serve, a racket is given an angular acceleration of magnitude 155 rad/s2. At the top of the serve, the racket has an angular speed of 20.0 rad/s. If the distance between the top of the racket and the shoulder is 1.40 m, find the magnitude of the total acceleration of the top of the racket.

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Answer:

600.6 m/s^2

Explanation:

α = 155 rad/s^2

ω = 20 rad/s

r = 1.4 m

Tangential acceleration, aT = r x α = 1.4 x 155 = 217 m/s^2

Centripetal acceleration, ac = rω^2 = 1.4 x 20 x 20 = 560 m/s^2

The tangential acceleration and the centripetal acceleration both are perpendicular to each other. Let a be the resultant acceleration.

a^2 = aT^2 + ac^2

a^2 = 217^2 + 560^2

a = 600.6 m/s^2

The magnitude of the total acceleration of the top of the racket is 600.6  m/s².

The given parameters;

  • angular acceleration = 155 rad/s²
  • angular speed, ω = 20 rad/s
  • radius of the circular path, r = 1.4 m

The centripetal acceleration of the racket is calculated as follows;

[tex]a_c = \omega ^2 r\\\\a_c = (20)^2 \times 1.4\\\\a_c = 560 \ m/s^2[/tex]

The tangential acceleration is calculated as;

[tex]a_t = \alpha _r \times r\\\\a_t = 155 \times 1.4\\\\a_t = 217 \ m/s^2[/tex]

The magnitude of the total acceleration of the top of the racket is calculated as follows;

[tex]a= \sqrt{a_t ^2 + a_c^2} \\\\a = \sqrt{217^2 + 560^2} \\\\a = 600.6 \ m/s^2[/tex]

Thus, the magnitude of the total acceleration of the top of the racket is 600.6 m/s².

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