Question: It is common to see birds of prey rising upward on thermals. The paths they take may be spiral-like. You can model the spiral motion as uniform circular motion combined with a constant upward velocity. Assume a bird completes a circle of radius 6.00 m every 5.00 s and rises vertically at a rate of 3.00 m/s. Number 1: Find the speed of the bird relative to the ground. (I found the answer to be 8.11m/s) Number 2: Find the magnitude of the bird's acceleration. Number 3: Find the direction of the bird's acceleration. (I found the answer to be 0 degrees above the horizontal) Number 4: Find the angle between the bird's velocity vector and the horizontal.
Gravitational force
In nature, every object is attracted by every other object. This phenomenon is called gravity. The force associated with gravity is called gravitational force. The gravitational force is the weakest force that exists in nature. The gravitational force is always attractive.
Acceleration Due to Gravity
In fundamental physics, gravity or gravitational force is the universal attractive force acting between all the matters that exist or exhibit. It is the weakest known force. Therefore no internal changes in an object occurs due to this force. On the other hand, it has control over the trajectories of bodies in the solar system and in the universe due to its vast scope and universal action. The free fall of objects on Earth and the motions of celestial bodies, according to Newton, are both determined by the same force. It was Newton who put forward that the moon is held by a strong attractive force exerted by the Earth which makes it revolve in a straight line. He was sure that this force is similar to the downward force which Earth exerts on all the objects on it.
Question: It is common to see birds of prey rising upward on thermals. The paths they take may be spiral-like. You can model the spiral motion as uniform circular motion combined with a constant upward velocity. Assume a bird completes a circle of radius 6.00 m every 5.00 s and rises vertically at a rate of 3.00 m/s.
Number 1: Find the speed of the bird relative to the ground. (I found the answer to be 8.11m/s)
Number 2: Find the magnitude of the bird's acceleration.
Number 3: Find the direction of the bird's acceleration. (I found the answer to be 0 degrees above the horizontal)
Number 4: Find the angle between the bird's velocity vector and the horizontal.
(but I'm not sure how to figure out Numbers 2 or 4)
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