Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 9, Problem 60P
You’re an accident investigator at a scene where a drunk driver in a 1600-kg car has plowed into a 1300-kg parked car with its brake set. You measure skid marks showing that the combined wreckage moved 25 m before stopping, and you determine a frictional coefficient of 0.77. What do you report for the drunk driver’s speed just before the collision?
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