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Let the disturbing mass be 100 kg and the radius of rotation be 20 cm and the rotation speed be 50 rad/s, then calculate the centrifugal force in kN.

(a) 50

(b) 25

(c) 50000

(d) 25000

The question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

This question is from Balancing of a Single Rotating Mass By a Single Mass Rotating in the Same Plane topic in chapter Balancing of Rotating Masses of Machine Dynamics

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The correct choice is (a) 50

Easy explanation: Centrifugal force is given by the equation

Fc = mω^2r

using the given data

Fc = 50000 N.

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