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A motor cycle and rider having a total weightW=1500N travels in a vertical plane following acurve of radius r=50m at a speed of 10m/sec.Compute the thrust exerted by the road as itpasses over the crest C on the curve as shownin the Fig. Assume g=10m/s2ans.1600N1500N1000N1200N​

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In cases like these, the thrust (or normal) exerted by the road is the SUM or difference of the weight of the body and centripetal force.

In this case,. thrust = weight - centripetal force

= mg - m v^2 / R

= 1500 - (1500/10) × ( 10^2 ) / 50

= 1500 - 150 × 100 / 50

= 1500 - 300

= 1200 N

PS- The figure is not given and the question isn't as clear, but this is what I think the question is asking. Do TELL me if I'm wrong.



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