Problema Solution
To make a highway curve safe, highway engineers often bank it. If a curve is designed for a speed of 50 miles per hour and is banked with positive slope m, the a minimum radius R in feet for the curve is given by R=(2500)/(5m+2). Fin R for m=0.1,
If R=500, find m
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R=2500/(5*0.1+2).
=2500/2.5
=1000.
If R=500, find m
500=2500/(5m+2).
500(5m+2)=2500..
5m+2=2500/500.
5m+2=5.
5m=3.
m=3/5.
=0.6