The occupants of a car traveling at a speed of 30 m/s note that on a particular part of a road their apparent weight is 15% higher than their weight when driving on a flat road.
a. Is that part of the road a hill or a dip?
b. What is the vertical curvature of the road? Please show all the work needed to answer this question
3 answers
Please answer quick
hill.
v^2/r=.85*9.8
solve for radius r, the radius of curvature at the top.
v^2/r=.85*9.8
solve for radius r, the radius of curvature at the top.
I think it is a dip
and
v^2/R = 0.15*9.81
and
v^2/R = 0.15*9.81