A police officer in hot pursuit drives her car through a circular turn of radius 320 m with a constant speed of 74.5 km/h. Her mass is 55.0 kg.
(a) What is the magnitude of the net force of the officer on the car seat?
______N
(b) What is the angle (relative to vertical) of the net force?
_________°
1 answer
mg is downward, mv^2/r will be horizontal, directed inward to the turn.