Homework Help: physics

Posted by sherry on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:34am.

At an accident scene on a level road, investigators measure a car's skid mark to be 78 m long.It was a rainy day and the coefficient of friction was estimated to be 0.38. Use these data to determine the speed of the car when the driver slammed on (and locked) the brakes.

physics - Jess, Friday, November 27, 2009 at 5:32pm
40.72 m/s
physics - Shane, Monday, April 25, 2011 at 11:51am
24.11 m/s

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