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A circular curve of a highway is designed for traffic moving at 72 km h-1. If the radius of the curved path is 100 m, the correct angle of banking of the road should be given by

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A car of mass m is taking a circular turn of radius r on a rough level road (frictional coefficient μ) with a speed v. In order that the car does not skid,
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A car travels with a constant speed on a circular road on level ground. In the figure shown, Fair is the force of air resistance on the car. Which of the other forces best represents the horizontal force of the road on the car's tyres?

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A train has to negotiate a curve of radius 400 m. By how much should the outer rail be raised with respect to the inner rail for a speed of 48 km h-1? The distance between the rails is 1 m.
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An automobile enters a turn of radius R. If the road is banked at an angle of 45° and the coefficient of friction is 1, then the minimum and the maximum speed with which the automobile can negotiate the turn without skidding is
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An automobile of mass m is going around a curve in an arc of a circle of radius R at a speed v. The curve is banked at an angle θ to the horizontal and the coefficient of static friction between the tires and the road is μ. If θ is not very big, then the maximum speed the car can have without skidding is
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If the radii of circular paths of two particles of same masses are in the ratio of 1:2, then in order to have same centripetal force, their speeds should be in the ratio of:
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A 2 kg block is gently pushed from rest at A and it slides down along the fixed smooth circular surface. If the attached spring has a force constant k=20 N m-1, then what is the unstretched length of the spring so that it does not allow the block to leave the surface until the angle with the vertical is θ=60°?

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The tension in the string revolving in a vertical circle with a mass m at the end when it is at the lowest position is