Recent content by Tommie Robinson

Sorry, it's around a bend

Thank you for giving me extra practice and help! Notice where I put the centrifugal (basically equal to friction), is that okay to do?

Wait I am a little confused, you meant the centripetal force right? Not centrifugal? And I thought that centripetal forces had to come with a centrifugal, is that not the case? Is it because there is no friction? So regardless of the speed, since there is no friction, the car will just slide...

Looking at the image...I know that gravity is a type of centripetal force but what role does it play on car roads? I thought that velocity played a bigger part because the centripetal force is keeping the velocity circular

Centripetal force right? I was thinking that if the centrifugal force was bigger than the centripetal the car would veer off. Or is that incorrect, because centrifugal is fictitious?

Homework Statement Find the speed at which a car of mass M will lose contact with the frictionless road Homework Equations Centripetal/Centrifugal forces (maybe?) The Attempt at a Solution I used OneNote to attempt this problem[/B]...