Practice: A bobsled turn banked at 78° is taken at 24 m/s. Assume it is ideally banked and there is no friction between the ice and the bobsled. Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the bobsled.
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Concept #1: Banked Curve
Practice: A bobsled turn banked at 78° is taken at 24 m/s. Assume it is ideally banked and there is no friction between the ice and the bobsled. Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the bobsled.
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