A race car rounds a curve at 53 m/s. The radius of the curve is 450 m, and the car's mass is 670 kg. (Assume the car's speed remains constant. Take the radially inward direction to be positive. Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.) (a) What is the car's (centripetal) acceleration? m/s² What is it in g's? (b) What is the centripetal force acting on the car?

A race car rounds a curve at 53 m/s. The radius of the curve is 450 m, and the car's mass is 670 kg. (Assume the car's speed remains constant. Take the radially inward direction to be positive. Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.) (a) What is the car's (centripetal) acceleration? m/s² What is it in g's? (b) What is the centripetal force acting on the car?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.2: Circular Motion

Problem 13PP

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