Question

A Category 1 hurricane with a radius of 70km has sustained tangential winds of about 33 m/s. What is the acceleration of a particle on th edge
of the hurricane.

Answer 1

Answer:

$a_c=0.016 \ m/s^2$

Explanation:

Centripetal acceleration: Is the acceleration experienced by an object while in a uniform circular motion. It points toward the center of rotation and is perpendicular to the linear velocity v and has the magnitude:

$\displaystyle a_c=\frac{v^2}{r}$

Where v is the linear velocity and r is the radius of the circle.

It's given a hurricane with a radius r=70 Km = 70,000 m has a tangential wind velocity of v=33 m/s. The acceleration of a particle lying on the edge of the hurricane is:

$\displaystyle a_c=\frac{33^2}{70,000}$

$\boxed{a_c=0.016 \ m/s^2}$