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Explain the reason behind the bending of cyclist on a horizontal road while taking a turn.

Important Questions on Circular Motion

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A curved road of diameter 1.8 km is banked so that no friction is required at a speed of 30 m s-1. What is the banking angle?
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Statement I: A cyclist is moving on an unbanked road with a speed of 7 km h-1 and takes a sharp circular turn along a path of the radius of 2 m without reducing the speed. The static friction coefficient is 0.2. The cyclist will not slip and pass the curve g=9.8 m s-2

Statement II : If the road is banked at an angle of 45°, cyclist can cross the curve of 2 m radius with the speed of 18.5 km h-1 without slipping. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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A modern grand-prix racing car of mass m is travelling on a flat track in a circular arc of radius R with a speed v. If the coefficient of static friction between the tyres and the track is μs, then the magnitude of negative lift FL acting downwards on the car is:

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A cyclist goes around a circular track of circumference 410 m, in 20 s. Find the angle that this cycle makes with the vertical.
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A road of width 20 m forms an arc of radius 15 m, its outer edge is 2 m higher than its inner edge. Calculate for what velocity the road is banked
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A car is moving on an unbanked circular bend of radius 50 m, at a speed of 36 km hr-1. The angle of banking required for the safe turning of the car is (Take g=10 m s-2.)
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STATEMENT-1 : A cyclist is cycling on a rough horizontal circular track with increasing speed. Then the net frictional force on cycle is always directed towards centre of the circular track.

STATEMENT-2 : For a particle moving in a circle, component of its acceleration towards centre, that is, centripetal acceleration should exist (except when speed is zero instantaneously).
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The radius of the curved road on a national highway is R. The width of the road is b. The outer edge of the road is raised by h with respect to the inner edge so that a car with velocity v can pass safely over it. The value of h is
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If a curved road is banked at an angle θ1 the safe limit of the speed is v1 . If the same road is banked at an angle θ2 , the safe limit of the velocity is v2 . The ratio v1 :v2 is equal to
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A train runs along an un banked circular track of radius 30 m at a speed of 54 km/h.The mass of the train is 106 kg. What provides the centripetal force required for this purpose -The engine or the rails? What is the angle of banking required to prevent wearing out of the rail?
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An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 km/h with its wings banked at 15°. What is the radius of the loop?
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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The angle which the bicycle and its rider must make with the vertical when going round a curve of 7 m radius at 5 m s-1 is
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A road is 10 m wide. Its radius of curvature is 50 m. The outer edge is above the lower edge by a distance of 1.5 m. This road is most suited for the velocity
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A cyclist goes round a circular path of length 400 m in 20 s. calculate the angle through which he bends from vertical in order to maintain the balance
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A car is negotiating a curved road of radius R. The road is banked at an angle θ . The coefficient of friction between the tyres of the car and the road is μs . The maximum safe velocity on this road is:
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A road of 10 m width has a radius of curvature 50 m. Its outer edge is raised above the inner edge by a distance of 1.5 m. The road is most suited for vehicles moving with a velocity of
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Keeping the angle of banking of the road constant, the maximum speed of the vehicles is to be increased by 10% . The radius of curvature of the road will have to be changed from 20 m to
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A cyclist rides along the circumference of a circular horizontal plane of radius R, the friction coefficient being dependent only on distance r from the centre O of the plane as k=k01-rR, where k0 is a constant. What is the cyclist's maximum velocity with the centre at the point along which the cyclist can ride?

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A railway carriage has its centre of gravity at a height of 1 m above the rails, which are 1.5 m apart. The maximum safe speed at which it could travel round an unbanked curve of radius 100 m is