A Car Traveling at 20 M/s Follows a Curve in the Road

question 37

Multiple Choice

A car traveling at 20 m/s follows a curve in the road so that its centripetal acceleration is 5 m/s². What is the radius of the curve?

• A)4 m
• B)8 m
• C)80 m
• D)160 m
• E)640 m

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