Question: A race car starts from rest on a circular track with radius 100m and begins to increase its speed by 5 m/s each second. At

A race car starts from rest on a circular track with radius 100m and begins to increase its speed by 5 m/s each second. At what point in time is the car’s vector acceleration directed 45° away from straight ahead? What is the magnitude of the resultant acceleration at that moment?

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