
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition
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ISBN: 9780078807213
Author: Paul W. Zitzewitz
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
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A 600-kg car traveling initially at 20 m/s is brought to a stop. The work required to stop the car is equal to its change in kinetic energy. If all of this work were converted to heat, what is the equivalent loss in kilocalories?
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