A car on a banked road can turn without friction because:

  1. its speed is zero
  2. the horizontal component of the normal force provides the centripetal force
  3. the road is flat
  4. gravity pushes it outward
Answer

B) the horizontal component of the normal force provides the centripetal force

tantheta = v^2rg for the ideal bank. SLO P-11-B-15 · Application

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