Asked by rabih
A police officer in hot pursuit drives her car through a circular turn of radius 305 m with a constant speed of 83.5 km/h. Her mass is 55.0 kg. what are the magnitude and the angle of the net force of the officer on the car seat?
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Answered by
drwls
There must be a vertical force M g to balance her weight and a horizontal force M V^2/R to provide the centripetal acceleration.
Use the Pythagorean theorem for the magnitude, and the force ration for the tangent of the angle.
Use the Pythagorean theorem for the magnitude, and the force ration for the tangent of the angle.
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