A cyclist on a circular track is travelling at 20 ft/sec. His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of 4 ft/s^2. If the cyclist's total acceleration is 4.123 ft/s^2, What is the radius of the circular track? 400 ft 600 ft 800 ft 200 ft

A cyclist on a circular track is travelling at 20 ft/sec. His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of 4 ft/s^2. If the cyclist's total acceleration is 4.123 ft/s^2, What is the radius of the circular track? 400 ft 600 ft 800 ft 200 ft

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Chapter5: More Applications Of Newton’s Laws

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