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a car with a mass of 1200 kilograms is moving around a circular curve at a uniform velocity of 20 m/s the centripetal force on the car is 6000 neutrons what is the radius of the Curve

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AL2006
Coupla things wrong with this question, Sam.
Let's clean those up first, and then we'll work on the answer.

-- The car is NOT moving with uniform velocity.
'Velocity' includes both speed and direction.  If either of these
changes, it's a change of velocity.
On a circular track, the car's direction is CONSTANTLY changing,
so its velocity is too. 
The thing that's uniform is its speed, not its velocity.

-- A 'neutron' is a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of most
atoms.  It's not a unit of force.  The unit of force is the 'Newton'.
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OK. A centripetal force of 6,000 newtons keeps 1,200 kg of mass
moving in a circle at 20 m/s.

The formula:

                                     Centripetal force = (mass) (speed)² / (radius)

Multiply each side
by 'radius':                (centripetal force) x (radius) = (mass) x (speed)²

Divide each side by
'centripetal force':       Radius = (mass) x (speed)² / (centripetal force)

Write in the numbers
that we know:              Radius = (1200 kg) (20 m/s)² / (6000 Newtons)

                                                 = (1200 kg) (400 m²/s²) / (6000 Newtons)

                                                 = (480,000 kg-m²/s²) / (6000 kg-m/s²)

                                                 = (480,000 / 6000) meters
                                                
                                                 =         80 meters .   

Answer:

80 meters

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