A motorcycle has a constant speed of 24.2 m/s as it passes over the top of a hill whose radius of curvature is 165 m. The mass of the motorcycle and driver is 311 kg. Find the magnitude of (a) the centripetal force and (b) the normal force that acts on the cycle.

A motorcycle has a constant speed of 24.2 m/s as it passes over the top of a hill whose radius of curvature is 165 m. The mass of the motorcycle and driver is 311 kg. Find the magnitude of (a) the centripetal force and (b) the normal force that acts on the cycle.

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Centripetal Force

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 motorcycle has a constant speed of 24.2 m/s as it passes over the top of a hill whose radius of curvature is 165
m. The mass of the motorcycle and driver is 311 kg. Find the magnitude of (a) the centripetal force and (b) the
normal force that acts on the cycle.
(a) Number
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(b) Number i 4213.84
Units
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