Jeff Gordon leads his race and must drive into a curve at top speed to win it all. The radius of the curve is 1000 m and the coefficient of static friction between his tires and the dry pavement is 0.50.

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Answer:

Apparently the curve is not banked.

The maximum frictional force is -

Ff = m g * .5

Fc = m v^2 / R     where Fc is the centripetal force that must be present in

                            order for the car not to slip.

.5 g = v^2 / R      equating forces

v^2 = .5 R g = .5 ^ 1000 * 9.80

v = (500 * 9.80)^1/2 = 70 m/s

(about 230 ft/sec = 230/88 * 60 = 157 mph