A car travels at a steady 40.0 m/s around a horizontal curve of radius 200 m. What is the minimum coefficient of static friction between the road and the car's tires that will allow the car to travel at this speed without sliding?

A car travels at a steady 40.0 m/s around a horizontal curve of radius 200 m. What is the minimum coefficient of static friction between the road and the car's tires that will allow the car to travel at this speed without sliding?

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A car travels at a steady 40.0 m/s around a horizontal curve of radius 200 m. What is the minimum coefficient of static friction
between the road and the car's tires that will allow the car to travel at this speed without sliding?
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