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title: "A new car is tested on a \\(230 \\, \\text{m}\\)-diameter track. If the car speeds up at a steady \\(1.4 \\, \\text{m/s}^2\\), how long after starting is the magnitude of its centripetal acceleration equal to the tangential acceleration?"
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# A new car is tested on a \(230 \, \text{m}\)-diameter track. If the car speeds up at a steady \(1.4 \, \text{m/s}^2\), how long after starting is the magnitude of its centripetal acceleration equal to the tangential acceleration?

A new car is tested on a \(230 \, \text{m}\)-diameter track. If the car speeds up at a steady \(1.4 \, \text{m/s}^2\), how long after starting is the magnitude of its centripetal acceleration equal to the tangential acceleration?

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