A radio controlled car spins in a circle. What is the source of the force required to make this happen?
Question by Trent: A radio controlled car spins in a circle. What is the source of the force required to make this happen?
6. A radio controlled car spins in a circle. What is the source of the force required to make this happen?
A. The radio controller
B. The car’s motor
C. The force of gravity
D. Friction between the tires and the road.
Best answer:
Answer by kiwiJOEY
The source of the centripetal force that the car turns must be from something that is in physical contact with the car, but it must be an external force, and it needs to be a sideways force, not downwards, so can’t be gravity/
It’s the force of friction between the tires and the road.
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