A Car Travels Around a Curve with Constant Speed

question 29

Multiple Choice

A car travels around a curve with constant speed. The correct statement from the following is

• A) the car has an acceleration directed inward toward the center of the curve.
• B) the velocity of the car is constant.
• C) the car has an acceleration directed outward from the center of the curve.
• D) the car has zero acceleration.
• E) the car has an acceleration directed in the instantaneous direction of the velocity vector.

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Price

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Consumer Surplus

The discrepancy between the total sum consumers are prepared and capable of spending on a product or service and what they end up spending.