A banked curve is designed for a roadway. The curve isdesigned so that a car tra

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A banked curve is designed for a roadway. The curve isdesigned so that a car traveling 17.9 m/s can negotiate it withoutrelying on the force of static friction. The radius of thecurve is 51.2 m and the car has a mass of 2300 kg.

a.     What angle is the curve bankedat?

b.     What is the magnitude of the normalforce when it is traveling at the designated speed?

I got thefirst part to be 32.6 degrees, but I can't figure out how to dopart b (The correct answer listed is 54600 - I got nothing likethat.) Thanks!

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Using F=mv^2/r, I didn't get the right answer... is this a math error?

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