A car rounds a 75-m radius curve at a constant speed of 18 m/s. a ball is suspended by a string from the ceiling the car and moves with the car. the angle between the string and the vertical is:
The angle between the string and the vertical is computed by: Centripetal acceleration Ac = V²/R = 18²/75 = 4.32 m/s² horizontal Gravitational acceleration g = 9.8 m/s² down
Θ = arctan(Ac/g) = arctan (4.32m/s^2 / 9.8 m/s^2) = 23.79° is the answer.
