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AP Physics 1
2.9 Circular Motion
2.5 Newton’s Second Law
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A car traveling along the inside of a vertical circular track of radius \(R\).
A car traveling along the inside of a vertical circular track of radius \(R\).
A small test car of mass \(0.20 \text{ kg}\) moves along the inside of a vertical circular track of radius \(R = 2.5 \text{ m}\). Assume friction between the car and track is negligible and the acceleration due to gravity is \(g = 10 \text{ m/s}^2\). What is the minimum speed the car can have at the highest point of the track without losing contact with the surface?

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