Question
A car approaches the top of a hill that is shaped like a vertical circle with a radius of 58.2 m. What is the fastest speed that the car can go over the hill without losing contact with the ground?
Answers
drwls
If the car just barely leaves the ground, the centripetal force and gravity are in balance.
V^2/R = g
Solve for V
V^2/R = g
Solve for V