A car driving on level ground at 20.0 m/s slams on its brakes and skids to a halt. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the car’s tires and the road is 0.750, how far does the car skid before stopping? How far would the car have skidded if it had been moving at 40.0 m/s

A car driving on level ground at 20.0 m/s slams on its brakes and skids to a halt. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the car’s tires and the road is 0.750, how far does the car skid before stopping? How far would the car have skidded if it had been moving at 40.0 m/s

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Kinetic friction comes into existence when there are moving surfaces means in other words we can say that the force which comes into existing between moving surfaces is known as kinetic friction.

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