A car is negotiating a curved road of mean radius R. The surface of the road is frictionless and it makes an angle θ with horizontal. Then the necessary centripetal force is supplied by the
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a
Normal reaction of the road
b
Weight of the car
c
horizontal component of the normal reaction of the road
d
vertical component of the normal reaction of the road
answer is C.
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Weight of the car is vertical and normal reaction N is normal to the road surface is shown in figure. So horizontal component of N is the horizontal radially inward force acting on the car and it supplies the necessary centripetal force. Ncosθ=mg and Nsinθ=mv2r