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I seem to have made the drawing fairly accurately already. The problem is the reasoning to solving the problem.

Anyone have a solution? The answer in the book is 28 degrees. I was merely guessing with teh work I posted above.

Homework Statement A block is hung by a string from the inside roof of a van. When the van goes straight ahead at a speed of 28m/s, the block hands vertically down. But when the van maintains this same speed around an unbanked curve (radius=150m), the block swings toward the outside of the...