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The acceleration of an athlete running at 36 kmph when negotiating a turn of radius 25 m is

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Here, `v = 10" ms"^(–1), r = 25 m`
The acceleration of the sprinter is given by `a=(v^(2))/(r ) =(100)/(25) =4.0" ms"^(2)`
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