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Problem#1: (Problem 8.80) A car is coasting without friction toward a hill of height h and
radius of curvature R. What initial speed, v0,will result in the car's wheels just losing contact with the
roadway as the car crests the hill?

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(A) Draw a free body diagram for the car at the top of the hill.

(B) Assuming the radius of curvature is R and the speed of the car at the top of the hill is v. Write down
Newton's 2nd law for this case.

See above

(C) If the car's velocity is zero, what is the normal force on the car? As the velocity, v, increases, what
happens to the normal force on the car? What is the smallest Normal force you can have? What would
be the velocity for that case?

(D) Write down conservation of energy between the bottom of the hill and the top of the hill. Solve for
v0.

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