Question: A race car driver completes one lap on the track shown here with a constant speed of v . Which of the following best describes

A race car driver completes one lap on the track shown here with a constant speed of v. Which of the following best describes the acceleration(s) of the car? An irregularly-shaped racetrack is shown. The left side has an outward curve that traces the left and bottom halves of the circumference of a circle with radius R. Point A is on the leftmost edge of the circle. The top side of the track is horizontal. The right side of the track has a curve that traces the right half of a circle with radius r, where r is smaller than R. Point C is at the rightmost point on the curve. Underneath that curve the track curves inward, connecting back to the curve with point A, tracing the top left third of the circumference of a circle with radius r. Point B is at the innermost point of the curve. (A) The tangential acceleration remains zero throughout the lap. (B) The total magnitude of acceleration at B is different than that at C.(C) The centripetal acceleration at point A is greater than the centripetal acceleration at point B.(D) The tangential acceleration at point A is less than the tangential acceleration at point C.

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