What is the direction of the frictional force when a car is moving at maximum speed around a banked turn?

Banked Curves and Forces in Motion

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Perpendicular to the incline
Parallel to the incline
Down the incline
Up the incline
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which trigonometric function is used to find the vertical component of the normal force?
Cosine
Tangent
Sine
Cotangent
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why must the vertical forces acting on the car add up to zero?
Because the car is accelerating vertically
Because the car is moving horizontally
Because the car is in free fall
Because there is no vertical acceleration
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the horizontal component of the normal force when considering centripetal acceleration?
n cos(theta)
n sin(theta)
mu n sin(theta)
mu n cos(theta)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to the mass of the vehicle when solving for maximum speed in terms of skidding?
It is squared
It doubles
It cancels out
It becomes a significant factor
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does banking the curve affect the maximum speed a car can take around it?
It decreases the maximum speed
It has no effect on the speed
It makes the car stop
It increases the maximum speed
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the effect of tipping the road the wrong way on the car's speed?
The car can go faster
The car will skid out more easily
The car will fly off the road
The car will stop
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