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Grade 11Mechanics

a car negotiates a banked circular road of radius 50m at a speed of 72km/hr calculate the angle of banking so that the car can safely take a trun at the above speed.

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11 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Yashit Garg
11 Years ago
sin(theta) = 4/5
or theta = 53 degrees.
Profile image of Mallikarjun Maram
11 Years ago
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Assuming that we are not taking help of friction for negotiating circular path, the angle of banking for safe turning is given by the equation . Substituting the values v = 72 km/hr = 20 m/s, R = 50 m and g = 10 m/s2, we get