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I've Been Working... (Posted on 2004-01-07)

Between Massena and Anaheim there are two railroad tracks. One of them is straight and is 4 miles long. The other one is the arc of a circle and is 5 miles long.

What is the radius of curvature of the curved track?

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The required radius of curvature of the curved track is ~ 2.210232769 miles or ~ 11670 feet.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-09-02 22:19:55

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