Figure 8 shows a car of mass M moving along a curved part of the road with a constant speed.

      

Figure 8 shows a car of mass M moving along a curved part of the road with a constant speed.
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Explain the fact that the car is more likely to slide at B than at A if the speed is not changed.

  

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John
Centripetal force, f = $\frac{mv^2}{r}$, where f = force, m = mass, v = velocity and r = radius, At B the radius, r is small hence the centripetal force f required is high. Since mass and velocity are constant, the car may slide off.
johnmulu answered the question on June 2, 2017 at 05:46


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