Two Identical Cars Are Traveling Around the Same Curve on a Highway.One

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Multiple Choice

Two identical cars are traveling around the same curve on a highway.One of them is moving at 60 mph,and the other is moving at 30 mph.The centripetal force acting on the car moving at 60 mph is __________ the value of the centripetal force acting on the car moving at 30 mph.

• A)one quarter
• B)one half
• C)the same as
• D)twice
• E)four times

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