Suppose that a 1800 kg car passes over a bump in a roadway that follows the arc of a circle of radius 21.4 m as in the figure below.   (a) What force does the road exert on the car as the car passes the highest point of the bump if the car travels at 31.0 km/h? (Neglect friction.)   (b) What is the maximum speed the car can have without losing contact with the road as it passes this highest point?  km/h

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Suppose that a 1800 kg car passes over a bump in a roadway that follows the arc of a circle of radius 21.4 m as in the figure below.

 
(a) What force does the road exert on the car as the car passes the highest point of the bump if the car travels at 31.0 km/h? (Neglect friction.)
 

(b) What is the maximum speed the car can have without losing contact with the road as it passes this highest point?
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