Question

Driving in your car with a constant speed of 12 m/s, you encounter a bump in the road that has a circular cross section. If the radius of curvature of the bump is r = 34 m, find the apparent weight of a 60 kg person in your car as you pass over the top of the bump in Newtons.

Answer 1

weight= mg-v^2/r

Answer 2

so it wud be (60x9.8-12^2)/34??

= 13.06N??