Answer:
a_total = 14.022 m/s²
Explanation:
The total acceleration of a uniform circular motion is given by the following formula:
[tex]a=\sqrt{a_c^2+a_T^2}[/tex] (1)
ac: centripetal acceleration
aT: tangential acceleration
Then, you first calculate the centripetal acceleration by using the following formula:
[tex]a_c=r\omega^2[/tex]
r: radius of the circular trajectory = 2.0m
w: final angular velocity of the ball = 7.0 rad/s
[tex]a_c=(2.0m)(7.0rad/s)^2=14.0\frac{m}{s^2}[/tex]
Next, you calculate the tangential acceleration. aT is calculate by using:
[tex]a_T=r\alpha[/tex] (2)
α: angular acceleration
The angular acceleration is:
[tex]\alpha=\frac{\omega_o-\omega}{t}[/tex]
wo: initial angular velocity = 13 rad/s
t: time = 15 s
Then, you use the expression for the angular acceleration in the equation (1) and solve for aT:
[tex]a_T=r(\frac{\omega_o-\omega}{t})=(2.0m)(\frac{7.0rad/s-13.0rad/s}{15s})=-0.8\frac{m}{s^2}[/tex]
Finally, you replace the values of aT and ac in the equation (1), in order to calculate the total acceleration:
[tex]a=\sqrt{(14.0m/s^2)^2+(-0.8m/^2)^2}=14.022\frac{m}{s^2}[/tex]
The total acceleration of the ball is 14.022 m/s²
