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Chapter 6, Problem 61GP
A car drives over the top of a hill that has a radius of 50 m. What maximum speed can the car have without flying off the road at the top of the hill?
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In the bucket is a...Ch. 6 - A roller coaster car is going over the top of a...Ch. 6 - As a roller coaster car crosses the top of a...Ch. 6 - An 80-ft-diameter Ferris wheel rotates once every...Ch. 6 - A typical laboratory centrifuge rotates at 4000...Ch. 6 - A satellite orbiting the moon very near the...Ch. 6 - Spacecraft have been sent to Mars in recent years....Ch. 6 - The centers of a 10 kg lead ball and a 100 g lead...Ch. 6 - The gravitational force of a star on an orbiting...Ch. 6 - The free-fall acceleration at the surface of...Ch. 6 - What is the ratio of the suns gravitational force...Ch. 6 - Suppose the free-fall acceleration at some...Ch. 6 - In recent years, astronomers have found planets...Ch. 6 - In recent years, astronomers have found planets...Ch. 6 - a. 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