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OS-UP-6-69 · OpenStax University Physics Volume 1

Centripetal Force (Problem 69)

(a) What is the radius of a bobsled turn banked at and taken at 30.0 m/s, assuming it is ideally banked? (b) Calculate the centripetal acceleration. (c) Does this acceleration seem large to you? Select the answer to part (a).