Engineers Are Designing a Curved Section of a Highway

question 58

Multiple Choice

Engineers are designing a curved section of a highway. If the radius of curvature of the curve is 194 m, at what angle should the curve be banked so that a car traveling at 29.0 m/s will stay on the road without the aid of frictional forces?

• A) 23.9°
• B) 16.7°
• C) 21.0°
• D) 26.1°

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