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Circular motion and oscillations

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  1. A 1200 kg car travels round a bend of radius 50 m at 15 m/s. What is the centripetal force needed?
  2. A turntable rotates at 120 revolutions per minute. What is its angular speed?
  3. What is the period of a simple pendulum of length 1.0 m? (g = 9.81 m/s2)
  4. A 0.50 kg mass on a spring of constant 200 N/m oscillates. What is its period?
  5. A mass oscillates in SHM with amplitude 0.050 m and frequency 2.0 Hz. What is its maximum speed?
  6. What is critical damping of an oscillating system?

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