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Cars A and B are traveling around the circular race track. At the instant shown,

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Question

Cars A and B are traveling around the circular race track. At the instant shown, A has a speed of 75 ft/s and is increasing its speed at the rate of 15 ft / s2, whereas B has a speed of 101 ft/s and is decreasing its speed at 25 ft / s2.

Part A

Determine the relative velocity of car A with respect to car B at this instant.

Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.

Part B

Determine the angle v of vA/B (counterclockwise from the negaitive x axis).

Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.

Part C

Determine the relative acceleration of car A with respect to car B at this instant.

Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.

Part D

Determine the angle a of aA/B (counterclockwise from the positive x axis).

Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.

vA/B = A 300 ft 60 B 250 ft

Explanation / Answer

given facts:

speed of car A=75 ft/sec

acceleration=+15 ft/s^2

speed of car B=101 ft/s

acceleration=-25 ft/sec^2

let i and j are unit vectors along +ve x and +ve y axis

then velocity of car A=Va=(-75 i) ft/sec

acceleration of car=Aa=(-15 i) ft/sec^2

velocity of car B=Vb=101*(-cos(60) i + sin(60) j)

=-50.5 i + 87.469 j

acceleration of car B=Ab=-25*(-cos(60) i+sin(60)j )=12.5 i -21.651 j

centripetal acceleration of car A:

magnitude=speed^2/radius=75^2/300=18.75 ft/s^2

it is radially inwards
so in vector notation, total acceleration=aA=-15 i - 18.75 j ft/s^2

centripetal acceleration of car B:

magnitude=speed^2/radius=101^2/250=40.804 ft/s^2

direction is radially inwards

hence in vector notation, centripetal acceleration=40.804*(-sin(60) i- cos(60) j)

=-35.337 i - 20.402 j

total acceleration of B=aB=12.5 i -21.651 j -35.337 i -20.402 j=-22.837 i -42.053 j


part A:

relative velocity of A w.r.t B=Va-Vb=(-75 i)-(-50.5 i + 87.469 j)

=-24.5 i -87.469 j

magnitude=sqrt(24.5^2+87.469^2)

=90.835 ft/s

part B:

angle with -ve x axis=arctan(87.469/24.5)

=74.352 degrees

part C:

relative acceleration of A w.r.t. B=aA-aB=-15i-18.75 j +22.837 i +42.053 j

=7.837 i + 23.303 j

magnitude=sqrt(7.837^2+23.303^2)=24.586 ft/s^2

part D:

angle with +ve x axis=arctan(23.303/7.837)=71.412 degrees