Physics for Scientists and Engineering Part 1
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ISBN: 9780136139232
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 79GP
A super high-speed 14-car Italian train has a mass or 640 metric tons (640,000 kg). It can exert a maximum force of 400kN horizontally against the tracks. whereas at maximum constant velocity (300 km/ h). it exerts a force of about 150 kN. Calculate (a) its maximum acceleration. and (b) estimate the
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