A 120-m radius curve is banked at an angle of 30°. What is the maximum velocity of an ambulance passing through this curve so that skidding would not happen? A. 26 m/s. B. 30 m/s. C. 47 m/s. D. 120 m/s. E. 679 m/s.

A 120-m radius curve is banked at an angle of 30°. What is the maximum velocity of an ambulance passing through this curve so that skidding would not happen? A. 26 m/s. B. 30 m/s. C. 47 m/s. D. 120 m/s. E. 679 m/s.

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A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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A 120-m radius curve is banked at an angle of 30°. What is the maximum velocity of an ambulance passing through this curve so that skidding would not happen?

A. 26 m/s.

B. 30 m/s.

C. 47 m/s.

D. 120 m/s.

E. 679 m/s.

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