A car travels in a flat circle of radius R. At a certain instant the velocity of the car is 24 m/s west, and the acceleration of the car has components of 2.4 m/s2 east and 1.8 m/s2 south. What is the radius of the circle?

a. 0.24 km
b. 0.19 km
c. 0.32 km
d. 0.14 km
e. 0.27 km


C

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