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Posted by steve on Monday, October 1, 2007 at 11:01pm.

If a car is accelerating downhill under a net force of 3,674N, what force must the brakes exert to cause the car to have a constant velocity?

physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 6:38am
Well,

If the accelerating force is 3674N, The brakes must cancel that force.
physics - daniel, Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7:06pm
F = ma means F is the NET force so if a is to be zero then F must be zero so you must brake with a force of 3 674 N so the overall force is zero and a = 0

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