in train slows down as it rounds a sharp horizontal turn, going from 84.0 km/h to 58.0 km/h in the 16.0 s that it takes to round the bend. The radius of the curve is 120 m. Compute the acceleration at the moment the train speed reaches 58.0 km/h, Assume the train continues to slow down at this time at the same rate. magnitude m/s² irection backward (behind the radial lice pointing inward)

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A train slows down as it rounds a sharp horizontal turn, going from 84.0 km/h to 58.0 kom/h in the 16.0s that it takes to round the bend. The radius of the curve is 120 m. Compute the
acceleration at the moment the train speed reaches 58.0 km/h, Assume the train continues to slow down at this time at the same rate.
magnitude
m/s²
direction
backward (behind the radial lige pointing inward)
Transcribed Image Text:A train slows down as it rounds a sharp horizontal turn, going from 84.0 km/h to 58.0 kom/h in the 16.0s that it takes to round the bend. The radius of the curve is 120 m. Compute the acceleration at the moment the train speed reaches 58.0 km/h, Assume the train continues to slow down at this time at the same rate. magnitude m/s² direction backward (behind the radial lige pointing inward)
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