Julius competes in the hammer throw event. the hammer has a mass of 7.26 kg and is 1.215 m long. what is the centripetal force on the hammer when it has a tangential speed of 31.95 m/s? the answer is rounded off to the nearest whole number.
Centripetal force a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which the body is moving. It is calculated by the expression:
F = mv^2/r
where m is the mass, v is the velocity and r is the radius.
F = 7.26(31.95)^2 / (1.215) = 6100 N