At the scene of a car accident, the forensic investigator measured the skid marks from one of the vehicles to be 83 m long. He also knows the typical acceleration for a car when you slam on the brakes is - 4m / s * 2 The speed limit for this area is 100 km/hr (about 28 m/s) . Was the car speeding before it hit the brakes

At the scene of a car accident, the forensic investigator measured the skid marks from one of the vehicles to be 83 m long. He also knows the typical acceleration for a car when you slam on the brakes is - 4m / s * 2 The speed limit for this area is 100 km/hr (about 28 m/s) . Was the car speeding before it hit the brakes

An Introduction to Physical Science

14th Edition

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Publisher:James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres

Chapter2: Motion

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