A ball is tied to a string and swung in a horizontal circle with a tangential speed of 2.5 m/s. The length of the string is 1.5m. Calculate the ball’s centripetal acceleration.

Step-by-step explanation:

Centripetal Acceleration

It's the acceleration of an object moving in a uniform circular motion that pushed the object toward the center.

Its magnitude can be calculated as follows:

Where:

v = tangential speed

r  = radius of the circle

The ball is tied to a string describing a circular motion with a radius of r=1.5 m. The tangential speed is v=2.5 m/s, thus the acceleration is: