Estimate the widest stance you can take when standing on a dry, icy surface. That is, how wide can you safely place your feet and not slip into an undesired "split?" Let the coecient of static friction of rubber on ice be roughly 0.25.

Estimate the widest stance you can take when standing on a dry, icy surface. That is, how wide can you safely place your feet and not slip into an undesired "split?" Let the coecient of static friction of rubber on ice be roughly 0.25.

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