Problem-3: A runaway truck with failed brakes is moving downgrade at 130 km/h just before the driver steers the truck up a frictionless emergency escape ramp with an inclination of 0 = 15°. The truck's mass is 1.2 x 104 kg. (a) What minimum length L must the ramp have if the truck is to stop (momentarily) along it? (Assume the truck is a particle, and justify that assumption.) Does the minimum length L increase, decrease, or remain the same if (b) the truck's mass is decreased and (c) its speed is decreased?

Problem-3: A runaway truck with failed brakes is moving downgrade at 130 km/h just before the driver steers the truck up a frictionless emergency escape ramp with an inclination of 0 = 15°. The truck's mass is 1.2 x 104 kg. (a) What minimum length L must the ramp have if the truck is to stop (momentarily) along it? (Assume the truck is a particle, and justify that assumption.) Does the minimum length L increase, decrease, or remain the same if (b) the truck's mass is decreased and (c) its speed is decreased?

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Problem-3: A runaway truck with failed brakes is moving downgrade at 130 km/h just before the driver
steers the truck up a frictionless emergency escape ramp with an inclination of 0 = 15°. The truck's mass is
1.2 x 104 kg. (a) What minimum length L must the ramp have if the truck is to stop (momentarily) along it?
(Assume the truck is a particle, and justify that assumption.) Does the minimum length L increase, decrease,
or remain the same if (b) the truck's mass is decreased and (c) its speed is decreased?

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