Question

A stunt driver rounds a banked, circular curve. The driver rounds the curve at a high, constant speed, such that the car is just on the verge of skidding to the outside of the curve. A front view of a car driving on a banked curve. The cross section of the banked road is constructed like a ramp. The car drives transversely to the slope of the ramp, so that the wheels of one side of the car are lower than the wheels on the other side of the car. Which forces are directly responsible for producing the car’s centripetal acceleration? Coriolis force centripetal force frictional force normal force gravitational force

Answer 1

Answer: C

Frictional force

Explanation:

The description of the question above is an example of a circular motion.

For a car travelling in a curved path, the frictional force between the tyres and the road surface will provide the centripetal force.

Since the road is banked, and the cross section of the banked road is constructed like a ramp. The car drives transversely to the slope of the ramp, so that the wheels of one side of the car are lower than the wheels on the other side of the car, for cornering the banked road, the car will not rely only on the frictional force.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C - the frictional force.