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A 80kg person sits 2m from the center of the rotating platform and the platform has a tangential speed of 3m/s.
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centripetal force is required to keep that person rotating on the platform?A. 360N
B. 17.77N
C. 120N
D. 360 LBS
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*The mass of the person is m = 80 kg
*The distance of the center of the rotating platform is r = 2 m
*The given tangential speed is v = 3 m/s
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