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- Einstein

Y2K Ducati Women's Motorcycle Team

I. Uniform Circular Motion

"What does this picture tell you about the speed of these motorcyclists?"

Nina Prinz and Letizia Marchetti - Ducati Women's Motorcycle Racing Team

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"A large centripetal (center directed) force in needed to turn at high speeds."

Rutgers U.

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St. Mary's H.S. Physics

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Rutgers U.

# 13 - Centripetal Force directed to center, velocity is tangent

Centripetal Velocity

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Circular Motion, Car on a Banked Track

by Dr. Michael R. Gallis - mrg3@psu.edu Penn State Schuylkill

Go Nittany Lions!!

Draw the centripetal force,
and tangential velocity

Draw the centripetal force,
and tangential velocity

Draw the centripetal force, and tangential velocity

Where should you release the ball to hit the target?

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B

At point P, the car hits an area of ice and loses all frictional force on its tires. Which path does the car follow on the ice?

June 2001 Regents

B, Tangent to the semi-circle