A race car is driving on a circular track with speed . Find the magnitude of the change in its velocity (in ) when the car has moved through .
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Generalizing:-
The red angle is theta.
Let the speed be s and angle be θ .
Now velocity has speed and direction, so:-
△ V = V B − V A = V B + ( − V A ) ⟶ 1
Now, the vectors can be redrawn as the following:-
But we dont know the angle between the vectors. So, observe in the first figure that ∠ FHB = 1 8 0 − θ anditis the angle between the vectors we want.
So, taking the value in 1 we get:-
△ V cos 2 θ cos ( 2 2 θ ) cos θ 2 sin 2 ( 2 θ ) Substituting 3 in 2 , we get : − △ V = s 2 + s 2 − 2 × s × s × cos ( θ ) = 2 s 2 ( 1 − cos θ ) ⟶ 2 = 1 − 2 sin 2 θ = 1 − 2 sin 2 ( 2 θ ) = 1 − 2 sin 2 ( 2 θ ) = 1 − cos θ ⟶ 3 = 2 s 2 × 2 sin 2 ( 2 θ ) = 2 s sin ( 2 θ )
So, in this question, we have s = 1 5 0 and θ = 1 2 0
So, △ V = 2 × 1 5 0 × sin ( 2 1 2 0 ) = 3 0 0 × sin 6 0 = 3 0 0 × 2 3 = 1 5 0 3 = 2 5 9 . 8 0 7 ≈ 2 6 0