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Two cars of masses m₁ and m₂ are moving in circles of radii r₁ and r₂ respectively. Their speeds are such that they make complete circles in the same time t. The ratio of their centripetal acceleration is
Option: 1
m₁r₁ : m₂r₂

Option: 2
m₁: m₂

Option: 3
r₁: r₂

Option: 4
1 : 1

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$a_{c}= \omega ^{2}r$

$\because \: \: \omega = \frac{2\pi }{T}$

$As\: \: \: T_{1}= T_{2}\Rightarrow \omega _{1}= \omega _{2}$

$\therefore \frac{a_{c_{1}}}{a_{c_{2}}}= \frac{r_{1}}{r_{2}}$

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