Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 40E
China’s high-speed rail network calls for a minimum turn radius of 7.0 km for 350-km/h trains. What’s the magnitude of a train’s acceleration in this case?
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