A motorcyclist is able to ride on the vertical wall of a bowl-shaped track as shown. Friction

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A motorcyclist is able to ride on the vertical wall of a bowl-shaped track as shown. Friction of the wall on the tires is shown by the vertical red vector.
(a) How does the magnitude of this vertical vector compare with the weight of the motorcycle and rider?
(b) Does the horizontal red vector represent the normal force acting on the bike and rider, the centripetal force, both, or neither? Defend your answer.
A motorcyclist is able to ride on the vertical wall
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321568090

11th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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