a. 3.
1 s the inner wheel losing contact with the
a. 3.25 rad/s (counterclockwise) top of the rail?
b. 5.50 rad/s (clockwise) a. 8.58 m/s
a. 1.30 m/s b. 12.1 m/s
b. 1.73 m/s c. 17.2 m/s
c. 5.20 m/s d. 24.2 m/s
1. An automobile travels on a perfectly 5. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer.
horizontal, unbanked circular track of The coefficient of friction between all
radius r. The coefficient of friction tires and the road is 0.80. How fast can
between the tires and the track is 0.3. if the car and trailer travel around an
the velocity of the car is 10 m/s, what is unbanked curve of a radius of 200 m
the smallest radius it may travel without without either car or trailer skidding?
skidding? a. 40 km/h
a. 10 m b. 75.2 km/h
b. 34 m c. 108 km/h
c. 50 m d. 143 km/h
d. 68 m
2. If the car described in the previous
problem moves along a track that is
banked 5°, what is the smallest radius it
can travel without skidding?
a. 6 m
b. 18 m
c. 26 m
d. 47 m
3. Traffic travels at 100 km/h around a
banked highway curve with a radius of
1000 m. What banking angle is necessary
such that friction will not be required to
resist the centrifugal force?
a. 1.4°
b. 2.8°
c. 4.5°
d. 4.6°
4. The center of gravity of a roller coaster
car is 0.5 m above the rails. The rails are
1 m apart. What is the maximum speed
that the car can travel around the
unbanked curve of a radius 15 m without
