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I ONLY need answers to C,D, and F! Just an instant before reaching the very bott

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Question

I ONLY need answers to C,D, and F!

Just an instant before reaching the very bottom of a semicircular section of a roller coaster ride, the automatic emergency brake inadvertently goes on. Assume the car has a total mass of 730kg , the radius of that section of the track is 55.0m , and the car entered the bottom after descending vertically (from rest) 30.0m on a frictionless straight incline.

A) If the braking force is a steady 1900N , determine the magnitude of the car's centripetal acceleration. [ans: 10.7 m/s^2]

B) In which direction is the cars centripetal acceleration? [ans: upward]

***C) Determine the normal force of the track on the car.(in N)

***D) Determine the magnitude of the tangential acceleration of the car. (in m/s^2)

E) Determine the direction of the tangential acceleration of the car. [ans: opposite velocity]

***F) Determine the total acceleration of the car. (in m/s^2)

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Explanation / Answer

C) N = m*(a+g)

= 730*(10.7+9.8)

= 14965 N

D) Friction = m*a_tan

a_tan = Friction/m

= 1900/730

= 2.6 m/s^2

F) a_total = sqrt(a_rad^2 + a_tan^2)

= sqrt(10.7^2 + 2.6^2)

= 11.01 m/s^2