A 1000-Kg Car Is Slowly Picking Up Speed as It

question 6

Multiple Choice

A 1000-kg car is slowly picking up speed as it goes around a horizontal unbanked curve whose radius is 100 m.The coefficient of static friction between the tires and the road is 0.35.At what speed will the car begin to skid sideways?

• A)9.3 m/s
• B)24 m/s
• C)34 m/s
• D)35 m/s
• E)19 m/s

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