Matt & Hugh play with a Brick and derive Centripetal Acceleration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8b9r7forJA

Investigation, Publisher, Matt Parker (Standup Maths), Video, YouTube

Matt and Hugh play with a tennis ball and a brick. Then they do some working out to derive the formula for the centripetal force (a = v^2/r) by differentiating some vectors.

10 May 2016 Edit: 22 April 2016


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