If a train travels around a bend in the railbed too fast, the freight cars will tip

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If a train travels around a bend in the railbed too fast, the freight cars will tip over. Assume that the cargo portions of the freight cars are regular parallelepipeds of uniform density and 1.5 x 104 kg mass, 10 m long, 3.0 m high, and 2.20 m wide, and that their base is 0.65 m above the rails. The axles are 7.6 m apart, each 1.2 m from the ends of the boxcar. The separation between the rails is 1.55 m. Find the maximum safe speed of the train if the radius of curvature of the bend is

(a) 150 m,

(b) 240 m.

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