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What is the maximum speed with which a vehicle can take the turn on a curved frictionless smooth road of width 4 m , without skidding, if the radius of the circular curve of the road is 9 m and the outer edge of the road above the inner edge is 40 cm high? [given \(g=\mathrm{1 0} \mathrm{ms}^{-2}\) ]

  1. A \(\mathrm{3 0} \mathrm{ms}^{-1}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{3} \mathrm{ms}^{-1}\)
  3. C \(9 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}\)
  4. D \(4.5 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}\)
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(B) \(\mathrm{3} \mathrm{ms}^{-1}\)

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For a vehicle moving on a banked road without skidding, the required centripetal force is provided by the horizontal component of the normal reaction. The angle of banking \(\theta\) is given by \(\tan \theta = \dfrac{h}{b}\), where \(h\) is the height of the outer edge above…