Katie is making a strawberry milkshake in her blender. A 0.05kg strawberry is rapidly spun around the inside of the container with a speed of 11.0 m/s, held by a centripetal force of 12.0 N. What is the radius of the blender at the strawberry’s location? Round answers to two decimal places.

The radius of the blender is approximately 0.5041 meters

Explanation:

The given parameters are;

The mass of the strawberry, m = 0.05 kg

The speed with which the strawberry is spun, v = 11.0 m/s

The centripetal force holding the strawberry = 12.0 N

The formula for the centripetal force, , is given as follows;

Where;

r = The radius of the centripetal rotation, which is the radius of the blender

Substituting the values gives;

The radius of the blender, r ≈ 0.5041 meters.

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