The force needed to keep a car from skidding on a curve varies inversely as the radius ...

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The force needed to keep a car from skidding on a curve varies inversely as the radius of the curve and jointly(directly) as the weight of the car and the square of the speed. If 242 lb of force keeps a 2000 lb car from skidding on a curve of radius 500ft at 30 mph, what force would keep the same car and same curve from skidding going at 45 mph?
 

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2. Correct constant of variation and answer with proper formatted work
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    • 8 years ago
    Let r = radius of the curve, w = weight of the car and v = speed of the car ...
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