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A Curved Portion of Highway Has a Radius of Curvature

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A curved portion of highway has a radius of curvature of 65 m. As a highway engineer,
you want to bank this curve at the proper angle for a steady speed of 22 m/s.
(a) What banking angle should you specify for this curve?
(b) At the proper banking angle, what normal force and what friction force does the
highway exert on a 750-kg car going around the curve at the proper speed?

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