Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Anon on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 5:02pm.

A car with its brakes locked will remain stationary on an inclined plane of dry concrete when the plane is at an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal. What is the coefficients of static friction of rubber tires on dry concrete

Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 5:39pm
forcefriction=forcegravity down street.

mu*mg*cosTheta=mg*sinTheta
mu=tanTheta

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