No, central acceleration equals to the square of the speed and divide by the curve radius. Two different lanes have different radius, so when the speed is the same, the acceleration are not equal.
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During 200-meter and 400-meter races, runners must stay in lanes as they go around a curved part of the track. If runners in two different lanes have exactly the same speed, will they also have exactly the same centripetal acceleration as they go around a curve? Explain in 325 words
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