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A 2400-lb (= 10.7-kN) car traveling at 30 mi/h (= 13.4 m/s) attempts to round an unbanked curve with a radius of 200 ft (= 61.0 m). (a) What force of friction is required to keep the car on its circular path? (b) What minimum coefficient of static friction between the tires and road is required?

A 2400-lb (= 10.7-kN) car traveling at 30 mi/h (= 13.4 m/s) attempts to round an unbanked curve with a radius of 200 ft (= 61.0 m). (a) What force of friction is required to keep the car on its circular path? (b) What minimum coefficient of static friction between the tires and road is required?

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Navjyot Kalra
askIITians Faculty 654 Points
8 years ago
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Therefore the magnitude of frictional force on the car is 3210 N .
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Therefore the coefficient of friction between the tires of the car and the road is 0.030

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