A race car rounds one end of a speedway. This end of the track is a turn with a radius r of approximately 187 ft. If the track is assumed to be completely flat and the race car is traveling at a constant 62.00 mi/h around the turn, what race car's centripetal (radial) acceleration ac? ac = Convert this result to SI units. ac = What is the force responsible for the centripetal acceleration in this case? friction weight gravity

A race car rounds one end of a speedway. This end of the track is a turn with a radius r of approximately 187 ft. If the track is assumed to be completely flat and the race car is traveling at a constant 62.00 mi/h around the turn, what race car's centripetal (radial) acceleration ac? ac = Convert this result to SI units. ac = What is the force responsible for the centripetal acceleration in this case? friction weight gravity

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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A race car rounds one end of a speedway. This end of the track is a turn with a radius r of approximately 187 ft.
If the track is assumed to be completely flat and the race car is traveling at a constant 62.00 mi/h around the turn, what is the
race car's centripetal (radial) acceleration ac?
ac =
Convert this result to SI units.
ac =
What is the force responsible for the centripetal acceleration in this case?
friction
weight
gravity
normal
ft/s²
m/s²

To keep from skidding into the wall on the outside of the turn, what is the minimum coefficient of static friction μs between the
race car's tires and the track?
Hs =

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