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Given information

The angle of the inclination of the hill    

The design speed of the car    

    

To find : The minimum radius so that cars traveling will not leave the road.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Radial acceleration of the car  

 : speed of the car

 : radius of curvature

Newton’s second law of motion 

 

Where is the mass and is the acceleration

Calculation:

Free body diagram and resolution of vector

 

 

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