An automobile travels at a steady 90 km/h along a road leading over a small hill. The top of the hill is rounded so, in the vertical plane, the road approximately follows an arc of a circle of radius 70 m. What is the centripetal acceleration of the automobile at the top of the hill?

An automobile travels at a steady 90 km/h along a road leading over a small hill. The top of the hill is rounded so, in the vertical plane, the road approximately follows an arc of a circle of radius 70 m. What is the centripetal acceleration of the automobile at the top of the hill?

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