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Round to the nearest tenth unless indicated otherwise.
-The force needed to keep a car from skidding on a curve varies jointly as the weight of the car and the square of the car's speed, and inversely as the radius of the curve. If a force of 3600 pounds is
Needed to keep an 1800 pound car traveling at 20 mph from skidding on a curve of radius 600 feet,
What force would be required to keep the same car from skidding on a curve of radius 590 feet at
60 mph? Round your answer to the nearest pound of force.


A) 32,949 lb
B) 32,817 lb
C) 32,981 lb
D) 33,519 lb

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