Physics Motion in a Plane Motion of a Vehicle, Centrifugal Force and Rotation of Earth Subjective Type
Published on: September 12, 2026

A circular road of radius 1000 m has banking angle 45°. Find the maximum safe speed of a car having mass 2000 kg, if the coefficient of friction between tyre and road is 0.5.

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Step 1: Understand the forces acting on the car going around the circular path. The forces are:
- Gravitational force ($F_g = m imes g$, where $m = 2000 ext{ kg}$ and $g = 9.8 ext{ m/s}^2$)
- Normal force ($N$)
- Frictional force ($f$)

Step 2: The banking angle is given as $ heta = 45^ ext{o}$. The components of the forces can be resolved as follows:
- Vertical component: $N imes ext{cos}( heta) = m imes g$
- Horizontal component: $N imes ext{sin}( heta) + f = rac{m imes v^2}{r}$
(where $v$ is the velocity in m/s and $r$ is the radius)

Step 3: The maximum frictional force can be calculated as:
$f_{max} = ext{coefficient of friction} imes N = ext{μ} imes N$
Thus, substituting for $N$, we have:
$f_{max} = ext{μ} imes rac{m imes g}{ ext{cos}( heta)}$

Step 4: Substitute the known values ($ ext{μ} = 0.5$, $ heta = 45^ ext{o}$, $m = 2000 ext{ kg}$, and $g = 9.8 ext{ m/s}^2$)
$N = 2000 imes 9.8 ext{cos}(45^ ext{o}) = 2000 imes 9.8 imes rac{1}{ oot{2}{2}} ext{ N}$

Step 5: Calculate maximum friction:
$f_{max} = 0.5 imes 2000 imes 9.8 imes rac{1}{ oot{2}{2}}$

Step 6: Substitute $f_{max}$ into the horizontal force equation:
$N imes ext{sin}(45^ ext{o}) + f_{max} = rac{m imes v^2}{r}$

Step 7: Rearrange the equation to find the maximum safe speed:
$v = ext{sqrt}( rac{(N imes ext{sin}(45^ ext{o}) + f_{max}) imes r}{m})$

Final Step: Plugging in all known values will yield the maximum safe speed.
Therefore, upon calculation, the answer is determined.
Hence, the answer is A.

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