no..the angle is about 36.55, but you're on the right track of using the formula. You only forgot to transpose the tan to the right side..so tan^-1(inverse function of your calculator) and 0.74 on your calculator gives you the banking angle.. =)
It doesn't make sense, i have all the formulas. I never encountered any problems when I solved the almost same question(but asking for velocity, instead of angle). And i plugged in the right numbers. Now with this question I just tweaked the formula, and i searched other sites for other...
but the weight of the car was not given, and the equation states that plugging in the numbers will give me the angle theta. I tried plugging in the numbers and I can't seem to get the right answer, which means I must be doing something wrong, or I'm missing on something..
[SOLVED] just a problem that I'm stuck on..
Homework Statement
A car travels around a curve with a radius 55.0 m at a speed of 20.0 m/s. At what angle must the curve be banked so that the car does not have to rely on friction to remain on the road?Homework Equations
tan[theta] = FC/FG...