Apurse at radius 2.0 m and a wallet at radius 2.3 m travel in uniform circular motion on the floor of a merry-go-round as the ride turns the magnitude of the acceleration of the purse is 2.0 m/s/s. determine the acceleration of the wallet.

Explanation:

Given

radius of purse from center

radius of wallet from center

Merry - go - round is undergoing uniform circular motion therefore angular velocity is constant

acceleration of purse is equal to centripetal acceleration

where

acceleration of wallet is

electric field is a function of 1/r^2

yes, the force per unit charge for a point charge is inverse square law.