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FMA-2016-01 · 2016 F = ma (AAPT)

2016 F = ma Exam — Question 1

A car drives anticlockwise (counterclockwise) around a flat, circular curve at constant speed, so that the left, front wheel traces out a circular path of radius R = 9.60 m. If the width of the car is 1.74 m, what is the ratio of the angular velocity about its axle of the left, front wheel to that of the right, front wheel, of the car as it moves through the curve? Assume the wheels roll without s
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