A jet fighter flying at 300 m/s (just below the speed of sound) makes a turn of radius 1.85 km. (a) what is its centripetal acceleration in gs?

centripetal acceleration can be determined using the following equation;

a = v² / r

a = centripetal acceleration

v = velocity

r = radius

substituting the values in the equation,

a = (300 m/s) * (300m/s) / (1.85 * 1000) m

= 48.64 ms-²