Solve the Problem. -While Traveling in a Car, the Centripetal Force a Passenger

question 127

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-While traveling in a car, the centripetal force a passenger experiences as the car drives in a circle varies jointly as the mass of the passenger and the square of the speed of the car. If a passenger experiences a force of 129.6
Newtons when the car is moving at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour and the passenger has a mass of 90
Kilograms, find the force a passenger experiences when the car is moving at 20 kilometers per hour and the
Passenger has a mass of 80 kilograms.

• A) 28.8 N
• B) 36 N
• C) 25.6 N
• D) 32 N

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